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i use to save all my html and php files in a folder called webroot outside of htdocs (i edited the conf file and changed two lines to point to the webroot folder).

I decided to try out drupal to see what the fuss was all about. It didn't work out so well so I deleted it from the webroot folder. Afterwards, i couldn't access the webroot files from localhost. I uninstalled and reinstalled xampp, edited the config file to make the documentroot point to webroot, but I still get the 404 error in my browser when i type up localhost in the address bar.

i copied the webroot folder in to htdocs and i still can't access it from my browser!

ps. the files open up normally when they in the htdocs folder, but i'm trying to avoid the mess

help

care to help this noob

Open your xampp/apache/conf/extra folder and edit your V-Host file. Add this to the bottom.

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<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin user@yourdomain.com
    DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/xampp/yourdomain_com"
    ServerName yourdomain.com
    ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
    ErrorLog @rel_logfiledir@yourdomain.com-error_log
    CustomLog @rel_logfiledir@yourdomain.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>

replace yourdomain with what ever your domain name is then create the folder:

C:/Program Files/xampp/yourdomain_com