Object Not Found

[RossGarner]

I keep getting a Object not found error whenever I try to access a newly created Joomla project. I'm very new to this whole process having just bought the Joomla Bible, and completed installing XAMPP and Joomla. I'm really not sure what to do?

[Altrea]

Maybe post the whole error-message here, so that other users can appreciate if this is a xampp or joomla error

[RossGarner]

Object not found!

The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
localhost
5/25/2010 7:25:36 AM
Apache/2.2.14 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.3.1 mod_apreq2-20090110/2.7.1 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1

[Nobbie]

Still a poor description:

a) where did you install Xampp?
b) where did you install Joomla?
c) what do you enter in the browsers URL line?

[RossGarner]

As you can probably tell its my first time using Xampp or Joomla, I'm not sure exactly what parts are relevant.

C:\xampp
C:\xampp\htdocs\Joomla (at least where I unzipped the files and then ran the installer in browser
http://localhost/union (union is both the name I used for the subfolder in htdocs, and the name I choose for the database)

[Altrea]

C:\xampp\htdocs\Joomla (at least where I unzipped the files and then ran the installer in browser
http://localhost/union (union is both the name I used for the subfolder in htdocs, and the name I choose for the database)

i don't see a subfolder "union" in your first line of this quote!?

[Nobbie]

http://localhost/union (union is both the name I used for the subfolder in htdocs, and the name I choose for the database)

Argh?!?!? Which subfolder "union"? If you installed Joomla to c:\xampp\htdocs\Joomla, why the hell you enter http://localhost/union? Why not http://localhost/Joomla?

[RossGarner]

Sorry made a mistake, my Joomla directory was c:\xampp\htdocs\union, my original install directory was at htdocs\Joomla, but I uninstalled / reinstalled hoping it would change something.

[Nobbie]

When installing Joomla, you have been asked for a servername. What did you enter?

[RossGarner]

localhost

My problem is a repeating one, after I install Joomla, I delete the install directory, then try to access my files I get the object not found error.

[Nobbie]

You should ask that in a Joomla Forum.