when I try to open an HTML file through `http://localhost/xampp/htdocs/index.html` it says unable to connect to localhost

Question

I have installed XAMPP , there is a htdocs folder and inside it index.html file , when I try to open it in my browser through http://localhost/xampp/htdocs/index.html it says unable to connect to localhost .

what is wrong ?

Answer 1

instead of

 http://localhost/xampp/htdocs/index.html

try just

http://localhost/index.html

or if index.html is saved in a folder in htdocs then

http://localhost/<folder-name>/index.html

Answer 2

htdocs is your default document-root directory, so you have to use localhost/index.html to see that html file. In other words, localhost is mapped to xampp/htdocs, so index.html is at localhost itself. You can change the location of document root by modifying httpd.conf and restarting the server.