XAMPP v1.7.4 installation issues,local host not working

I had an older version on XAMPP and it was working fine. I uninstalled it to install the new version.Since then local host has stopped working. XAMPP control panel says Apache and MySQL running.Can some one help please? I have got this in the httpd-vhosts.conf,do i make any changes here?

##<Vi开发者_如何学运维rtualHost *:80>
    ##ServerAdmin postmaster@dummy-host.localhost
    ##DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/dummy-host.localhost"
    ##ServerName dummy-host.localhost
    ##ServerAlias www.dummy-host.localhost
    ##ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host.localhost-error.log"
    ##CustomLog "logs/dummy-host.localhost-access.log" combined
##</VirtualHost>

##<VirtualHost *:80>
    ##ServerAdmin postmaster@dummy-host2.localhost
    ##DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/dummy-host2.localhost"
    ##ServerName dummy-host2.localhost
    ##ServerAlias www.dummy-host2.localhost
    ##ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host2.localhost-error.log"
    ##CustomLog "logs/dummy-host2.localhost-access.log" combined
##</VirtualHost>

Thank You

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you can also fix it by editing your host file usually located in %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

first of all backup your hosts file

comment this line by adding # at the beginning of the line(if its already their)

#::1 localhost 

add this line in the end of the file

127.0.0.1       localhost

save it and restart your pc

if you face any problem just restore your hosts file

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As you can access it using 127.0.0.1 and not 'localhost', locate httpd-vhosts.conf, usually in C:/xampp/apache/conf/extra/ and make sure you have the following listed as a virtual host:

  <VirtualHost *>
    DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs"
    ServerName localhost
  </VirtualHost>

Then restart Apache from the XAMPP control panel.