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I'm trying to install WordPress on my laptop I've already installed XAMPP and have Apache and MySQL running, I downloaded WordPress and extracted it inside htdocs, my laptop already had IIS installed.

When I go to localhost/WordPress I get 404 -Not found, looking at detailed info of the error the Physical path is set to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\WordPress and the label of the chrome tab is "IIS 8.5 detailed Error".

This makes me think that my localhost is set to run with IIS and not with XAMPP.

How can I change my localhost to run with XAMPP htdocs instead of IIS wwwroot?

Fdde F
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I think the best way is change listen port of XAMMP apache server or IIS... I don't have IIS but think the two servers listening port 80...

In XAMMP stop all services and go to config for Apache module and chose httpd.conf.

Then replace LISTEN 80 (around line 58) to other port you want (eg : LISTEN 8080),

and ServerName localhost:8080(around line 225) with same listened port...

Now to run WordPress on XAMMP you have to run url localhost:8080/WordPress, or replace `8080' to your chosen port...

see this tuto or this answer for more information...

Only careful to don't chose any reserved port to avoid conflicts, see List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers for more information...

Or if you run windows, you can use WAMPSERVER who comes with best interface to control Apache virtualhost's.

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Download the latest WordPress package from the official website and extract the contents into the XAMPP default website directory.
Basically, XAMPP sets up a server (apache and others) in your system. And all the files such as index.php, somethingelse.php, etc., reside in the xampp\htdocs\ folder. You could get more details by checking the below link.
How do I test a website using XAMPP?
Then stop IIS's website using port 80，try it again.
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Have a look at the handy guide for installing WordPress.
https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/

Abraham Qian
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Setting up your XAMPP(Apache) environment with IIS on Windows

If you want to run Apache and IIS on your same dev machine.

Keep your IIS config as it is (which is running on http://localhost/) and update XAMPP config to run on a different port (like http://localhost:8080/)

Let us see how to implement this case step by step.

Recommended stop your XAMPP service before doing this configs

STEP 1. Go to the path where your XAMPP has been installed and open file C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf

search following keyword: Listen 80 then change the port 80 to another port number let's say 8080 as shown below:

Listen 8080

also search following keyword: ServerName localhost:80 and change port 80 to 8080 as shown below:

ServerName localhost:8080

STEP 2. Go to C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\ and open file httpd-ssl.conf.

search for keyword Listen 443 and change to Listen 449

search for keyword <VirtualHost _default_:443> and change to <VirtualHost _default_:449>

search for ServerName localhost:443 and change to ServerName localhost:449

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