setup htaccess to run on window xp

[guitarman]

I have recently set up a Apache with PHP and mySQL web server on my window XP OS. I thought it would not be possible to have my htaccess works already since my apache is running on Window, but it is possible. So below is what i change to make htaccess works on my window xp.

1- open up your httpd.conf using your window xp notepad
2- find the following sections:

# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride None

3- Change "AllowOverride None" to "AllowOverride All"
4- Make sure the line "AccessFileName .htaccess" is uncommented. By default, it is uncommentted.
5- Restart your apache service. MUST always restart your apache web service whenever you make changes to httpd.conf

In my case, I use mod_rewrite to rewrite the dynamic url to something easy for search engine to read and hence, I also uncomment this line "#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so" by removing the leading "#" sign.

That's it, as simple as that to have your htaccess works in window xp.
Let see if you face problem getting your htaccess to work in your window xp apache web server.