A newbie question about mod_rewrite configuration

[Charles Michener <micheck123@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi - I'm trying to create a mod_rewrite solution to the following problem:
 
 I want to enter http://www.myvirtualdomain.com/1234abc.htm 
 and have mod_rewrite translate that URL to http://www.myvirtualdomain.com/index.php?SKU=1234abc
 
 Also, I want the solution to reside within my main Apache 2.24 configuration file (rather than using .htaccess)
 
 After reading many suggestions here and ..., this is what I've done so far (with the results of 404 error - URL \1234abc not found)
 
 
 LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so 

[note: phpinfo says the module is 'present' and if I enter the URL ...?SKU=1234abc, it works]
 
 <Directory />
     Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Order deny,allow
     Deny from all
     Satisfy all
 </Directory>
 
 <Directory "C:/Apache/www-new">
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride All
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
 </Directory>
 
 <IfModule dir_module>
     DirectoryIndex index.html index.php index.php3 index.phtml
 </IfModule>
 
 RewriteLog logs/rewrite.log                                   Note: never hits rewrite.log
 RewriteLogLevel 9
 
 RewriteEngine ON
 #    RewriteRule  ^//([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/.htm$ Index.php?SKU=$1
 #    RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ index.php?SKU=$1
 RewriteRule ^([^/]+).htm$ index.php?SKU=$1 [R]
 
 #
 # Virtual Hosts
 
 NameVirtualHost *:80
 
 <VirtualHost *:80>
     DocumentRoot www-new/MyVirtualDomain
     ServerName MyVirtualDomain.com
     ServerAlias www.MyVirtualDomain.com
 </VirtualHost>
 
 
 
 Help/suggestions
 are appreciated!!!

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