Problem solved! I had already found via an internet search that
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AllowOverride None
was the required setting, but it was already set that way. However, it appeared that it was overruled by a later setting. Setting that to 'none' as well solved it.
And thanks for the link to the Apache page. That did not show up on the first 20 Google results, but it made me look further down the httpd.conf. For XAMPP 5.6.8 however, here is the direct link to its Apache version:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html. 5.6.8 has Apache v. 2.4.
Thanks, WilliL!