Hi Bob, Are you able to post error messages from your HTTPD error log? Thanks. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Bob Wilson <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Can any one help with the initial configuration of Apache? > > I was told that to make localhost point to a alternative directory I > should change both the 'Documentroot' AND 'Directory' paths > > > The original info in httpd.conf works OK > > DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software > Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs" > > <Directory "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software > Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs"> > > I have changed it to: > > DocumentRoot "C:/Users/User/My Documents/htdocs" > > <Directory "C:/Users/User/My Documents/htdocs"> > > Which doesn't work with error message 'The requested operation has failed!' > > I'm sure that I didn't have this problem with XP but I'm now using Windows 7 > > Thanks > > Bob > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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