Starting out with CakePhp under XAMPP

I downloaded XAMPP, started Apache & MYSQL, Apache runs on port 80, MySQL on 3306.

When I navigate to http://localhost it redirect开发者_JS百科s me to the XAMPP welcome page.

I downloaded Cake version 1.3.7, and extracted it into the htdocs, into this folder:

c:\xampp\apache\htdocs\app

I tried to access the index.php that exists in the folder, by visiting http://localhost/app/index.php, but I receive this error, 404:

Object not found!The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.

I checked the httpd.conf file and the

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

line is uncommented.

What am I doing wrong?

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I recommend you make a virtual host pointing to your app/webroot folder.

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try pointing your web browser to:

http://localhost/app/app/index.php