Level 75
Have you contacted support? https://herd.laravel.com/docs/windows/troubleshooting/support
Aug 3, 2025
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Level 10
Laravel Herd for Windows is getting worse with every update.
I’m using the paid version on both macOS and Windows. While it works fine on macOS, on Windows there are constantly issues — sometimes the services won’t start, sometimes I have to change the internal API port, and other times it needs admin rights.
Now I can’t install any project at all — neither via the GUI nor via the terminal. In the terminal, I keep getting errors like: “No usable PHP version found.” If I try to install via the GUI, I get:
docker info > /dev/null 2>&1 Ensure that Docker is running...
I have install php 8.4 via Herd php -v PHP 8.4.11 (cli) (built: Jul 29 2025 18:02:29) (NTS Visual C++ 2022 x64) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.4.11, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v8.4.11, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
All the buttons are green in Herd GUI. services works. the old Projects works. but I canot install a new Project.
Level 10
yes. but nothing from support
Level 73
Sounds to me that you have a lot of conflicts on your windows machine. I would suggest reinstalling it from scratch.
Level 6
Give DDEV a look, excellent community support from them, and you may save yourself some money to boot.
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