my browser can't find the localhost/htdocs folder... help!?!

[o2cathy]

I have installed xampplite, with apache & sql installed. I have installed the blog php software into the htdocs folder. When I log into:

http://localhost/wordpress/install.php it works - tells me that it is already installed.

PROBLEM: when I log into http://localhost/wordpress/ <<< - it won't find the index file!?!? And WHY does it automatically go online to my live blog?

I don't understand apache enough to know what it is doing. Can someone help me??

Thank you,
Cathy