Root File?

[Smackety]

So I want to make a basic page.
How do I make my site have a root file?

I'm completely new to this...I have an index.html made in my htdocs folder, but when I visit 127.0.0.1 (my site) I get "Index of \" and it shows the files on my server.

It shows me the index.html, and to visit it I either have to click it from there on or type 127.0.0.1/index.html.

How do I make index.html my root file so when I type in 127.0.0.1, it visits the index.html?

Thanks ^_^

[Smackety]

Bump!

Does anybody know how to do this?

[Altrea]

Are you sure you run a xampp package?
The standard installation cofigures his Apache to search for several standard file extensions (index.html too) if none is giving in the browser adressbar.