.htaccess doesn't work

[Cream]

Hi

could you help me with .htaccess please:
I put .htaccess into the subfolder htdocs/xxx with this contain

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ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

and try to reach any unexisting document, browser show me this:

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The requested URL xxx/document.html was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

but it doesn't show document 404.html

I am wondering what is wrong. Thanks for replays.

[Wiedmann]

In which directory have you stored the file "404.html"?

[Cream]

in the same directory as .htaccess is

this directory is subdirectory (xxx) of htdocs and contains:

- .htaccess
- 404.html

[Wiedmann]

this directory is subdirectory (xxx) of htdocs and contains:

Well, the second parameter in "ErrorDocument" is the absolute URI to the file.

Question:
Which URI must you use in a browser to access this file?

[Cream]

address in the browser:

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http://localhost/xxx/404.html

and I reach this file.

I suppose that if the .htaccess is in the folder xxx, then the parametr in "ErrorDocument" should be

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ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

[Wiedmann]

address in the browser: http://localhost/xxx/404.html

Ok, the absolute URI path portion is "/xxx/404.html"

And you remember:

the second parameter in "ErrorDocument" is the absolute URI to the file.

[Cream]

OK thank you very much