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Question: Why does http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin work and http://localhost:8080/phpMyAdmin not work, when the folder containing the index file is phpMyAdmin? (The M and A are capitalized in the path name.)

Background info:
I think I successfully installed the XAMPP on my computer. I am in the How-To Guides under the topic Backup and Restore MySQL/MariaDB Databases. In the Using phpMyAdmin section the instruction states "Browse to http://localhost/phpMyAdmin". Because my port 80 is in use, I am watching 8080. Therefore, I receive a 404 not found error when I try the link. Fine, understood; no problem.
I add the :8080 to the URL to point to http://localhost:8080/phpMyAdmin and try again. Working in Chrome I now get an Object not found fancier version of the 404 not found error.
In the top Nav bar of the How-To page is a phpMyAdmin link. If I click this link, I successfully go to http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin.
The difference in the URLs used is the capitalization of M and A.
For grins, I actually changed the folder name to phpmyadmin and now going to http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin results in an Access forbidden error! Why does the capitalization matter in this case, and why does it not match the folder name?
Thank you.

Because the Alias XAMPP uses is case sensitive:

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Alias /phpmyadmin "C:/xampp/phpMyAdmin/"