Apache can't find test file

[thevoid]

Hi all, I know this must be a fairly common problem but I've looked through a load of the posts here first and read the faq and still can't get it working.

Basically, I've installed XAMPP and have Apache running. I have created a small HTML doc called test.html and placed it in \xampp\htdocs. When I try to browse for it in IE7 however, I keep getting 404 object not found.

I've tried both http://localhost/test.html and http://127.0.0.1/test.html and have tried everything from opening port 80 to disabling the firewall altogether but still no luck.

Must be making a simple mistake somewhere, would be grateful for any advice...

Thanks,
Paul.

[Wiedmann]

I've tried http://localhost/test.html ... , I keep getting 404 object not found.

There is no file "test.html" in your DocomentRoot.

[thevoid]

There is no file "test.html" in your DocomentRoot.

I'm sorry, but I'm (obviously) very new to this and do not know what this means... would be grateful for elaboration