I just installed Apache 1.7.4 on Windows 7. It shows running in XAMPP. When I browse LOCALHOST I get the "I'm ready" default index.html. The only problem is that this is not the default index.html in the XAMPP path (I edited to say "I'm not ready"). Also, I cannot see a list of files/folders when I fully qualify the localhost path (e.g. LOCALHOST/STORE_EXC).
If I stop Apache through XAMPP, and restart, I see "Start Apache Port 80". Now I can view a directory of files/folders when browsing with a fully qualified localhost name as expected in the XAMPP path, but just typing LOCALHOST in browser now gives me an index.php file and not the index.html file that I expected.
It appears that when Apache starts up, it is not specifically using port 80, but when I stop and restart it switches to listening to port 80. Maybe there is a config file somewhere that needs editing? Please help. Thanks Mike L