tryin_to_learn wrote:I checked and the file is blank -- zero KB and nothing at all on it when I open it.
Here is a major problem.
The 404 page not found error is issued by the server and if it had been XAMPP's Apache component there would have been an entry in the error log I mentioned.
Here is what a 404 error issued by Version 1.5.5 of XAMPP's Apache looks like in Mozilla's browser SeaMonkey and should look similar in other browsers.
Object not found!
The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
localhost
01/19/07 14:00:32
Apache/2.2.3 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8d mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.0 mod_jk/1.2.15 mod_perl/2.0.2 Perl/v5.8.8
Because the above error message includes the date and time it is quite easy to check the error log entry for that reference:
01/19/07 14:00:32Here is the corresponding
error.log entry I get when I tried to simulate your issue:
[Fri Jan 19 14:00:32 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/xampp/phpMyAdmin
Is XAMPP's Apache running?
http://localhost/xampp/ should get you to the
Welcome to XAMPP for Windows Version 1.5.5! page.
From this page, if you click on
phpMyAdmin in the left frame menu tree, which is linked to
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ you will have the entry page to phpMyAdmin displayed in the main page frame.
Do you have another instance of Apache on your PC?
XAMPP requires exclusive use of ports 80 and 443
Run
xampp\xampp-portcheck.exe to see what is running on the ports XAMPP uses.