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when I type localhost in my urlbar firefox appends /xampp to it and gives a 404 I do not use xampp help please

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I use Apache2.2 with PHP not xampp, however firefox appends the /xampp to the urlbar when I type localhost, I can type the exact address in the urlbar and it works but this really bothers me. I used xampp at one time but found I did not like it, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled Apache and php from their respective zip files. This just started happening

I use Apache2.2 with PHP not xampp, however firefox appends the /xampp to the urlbar when I type localhost, I can type the exact address in the urlbar and it works but this really bothers me. I used xampp at one time but found I did not like it, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled Apache and php from their respective zip files. This just started happening

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Hmmm, I still think it's most likely a redirect from the server. Is there an index.php that could contain a Location header?

Can you use the Firebug add-on (Net tab), or an external proxy like Fiddler2, to view the request and response?

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Perhaps there is some detritus in an .htaccess file in the root of your localhost site? You might also check httpd.conf.

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thank you for your answer, I have looked through htaccess and httpd.conf I can find nothing that references xampp

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Hmmm, I still think it's most likely a redirect from the server. Is there an index.php that could contain a Location header?

Can you use the Firebug add-on (Net tab), or an external proxy like Fiddler2, to view the request and response?

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Thank you there was a an index.php that I did not write, I deleted it and it took care of the problem, man I can't believe I overlooked that, thank you again.

LJ