problem installing wordpress using Xampp, localhost:8080 and windows 10

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    I’m trying to install wordpress on my local pc running window 10. I have installed Xampp, made all the changes to use port 8080. No problem starting Xampp. No problem starting Apache or Mysql. I can open phpmyadmin from the admin button without problem and was able to add a database. if I enter https://localhost:8080 it brings up the Xampp page. However when I enter https://localhost:8080/wp to install wordpress the web page times out, but does nothing. I extracted the wordpress files into the htdocs folder and made the changes to the wp-config.php file to use localhost:8080.
    At this point I have no other idea what to do to get the install done and could really use some help.

    • This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by bdbrown.
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  • Where is the wp-config.php (and other WordPress files/folders) located exactly? Inside your htdocs folder or inside htdocs/wp? Just a hunch, but perhaps you are mixing two things together: trying to install WordPress and trying to install WordPress in a subdirectory.

    Thread Starter tcl4p

    (@tcl4p)

    Thank you for your reply. I extracted the wordpress files into the htdocs folder. I renamed the wordpress folder to wp and made the changes to the config file. I also created a database in phpmyadmin named wp. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I know when I enter https://localhost:8080/wp is accessed because I first forgot to change the wordpress folder name and got an “object not found”. When I changed to wp, is when I got the page time out.

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