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I am trying to secure a folder in xamp using .htaccess for the rules and htprivate for my crypt password.

I have the files in the folder I want to be private area only. When I try to access the folder through a browser I get this error.

Server error!
The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 500

Does xampp support private folder or file protection?

I looked around the internet and have found nothing about this issue.

Thank you for your responses.

meant to say 500 not 600

Error 500 means you did something wrong in your Apache configuration or script code.
Either your Apache error.log or your php_error_log should contain more information about what you did wrong.