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

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 ?

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

You should simply create your own folder in htdocs and save your .html and .php files in it. An example is create a folder called myNewFolder directly in htdocs. Don't put it in index.html. Then save all your.html and .php files in it like this-> "localhost/myNewFolder/myFilename.html" or "localhost/myNewFolder/myFilename.php" I hope this helps.

All created by user files saved in C:\xampp\htdocs directory by default, so no need to type the default path in a browser window, just type http://localhost/yourfilename.php or http://localhost/yourfoldername/yourfilename.php this will show you the content of your new page.

You need to start your Apache Server normally you should have an xampp icon in the info-section from the taskbar, with this tool you can start the apache server as wel as the mysql database (if you need it)

Start your XAMPP server by using:

• {XAMPP}\xampp-control.exe
• {XAMPP}\apache_start.bat

Then you have to use the URI http://localhost/index.html because htdocs is the document root of the Apache server.

If you're getting redirected to http://localhost/xampp/*, then index.php located in the htdocs folder is the problem because index.php files have a higher priority than index.html files. You could temporarily rename index.php.

I just put an index.html file in /htdocs and type in http://127.0.0.1/index.html - and up comes the html.

Add a folder "named Forum" and type in 127.0.0.1/forum/???.???

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.