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I just did an install of xampp 1.8.1 (all defaults), I started apache (works fine), but I cannot access htdocs/index.html. I get the 404 error. I have read all the forms and I have not seen anything related to this issue. Can someone please help me. Thanks in advance. Bruce

What is the contents of your browsers address by at the time you are getting this error?

http://localhost/index.html/

Some additional data. I can access this file with apache by using the address 127.0.0.1/index.html Does that help with the problem of localhost?

i'm pretty sure it's because you haven't forwarded ports 80 and 443. either this or you have changed Apache's default port and not forwarded it.

Hello,

Ports do not need to be forwarded on localhost/127.0.0.1 as the connection never leaves your system.

If you can access via 127.0.0.1 and not localhost, there might be an issue with your HOSTS file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts).

Make sure the following line exists in that file

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   127.0.0.1       localhost

and does not have a '#' in front of it.