Windows 10 - InstantWP could not work on port 10080

[HoaLeMinh]

Windows 10 - InstantWP could not work on port 10080

[dslaby]

I had a similar problem that resolved with setting Chrome to run as administrator after making the setting change to allow port 10080. However, I'm still working on getting InstantWP to run on Windows 11 Pro.

[jesusgarza]

I used Firefox and allowed the 10080 port and it did worked. I am using Windows 11.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1083282

[teddybouch]

I seem to have the same issue as OP, but I can't seem to be able to figure out the solutions. Sorry, I usually do this kind of thing in Linux. @dslaby - was the setting change to allow port 10080 a new rules in Windows Defender Firewall? How did you get Chrome to run as administrator? Since I'm trying to get to the webpages using buttons on the InstantWP Control Panel I don't see an option to run it as admin, and when I tried to run the browser as admin so that the control panel would just open a new tab nothing happened when I clicked the various buttons on the control panel.

[teddybouch]

Nevermind - I figured it out.

In case anyone else is similarly ignorant as I was, Chrome by default blocks a number of ports, including 10080. The fix I found to get around this was by modifying the Chrome shortcut to add "--explicitly-allowed-ports=10080" and opening the Chrome instance from that shortcut before trying any of the InstantWP buttons.

[mauamolat]

Can you explain how to add the "--explicitly-allowed-ports=10080" in the shortcut?