Not working on local XAMPP

Hello,

I tried installing the plugin without luck. I’m running a locally hosted XAMPP server with Bitnami Workdpress that works with everything except W3 Total Cache.

After installing the plugin, I get the message

FTP credentials don't allow to write to file /.htaccess

W3 Total Cache Error: Files and directories could not be automatically created to complete the installation.
Please execute commands manually
or use FTP form to allow W3 Total Cache make it automatically.

So I went to the C:\XAMPP\apps\wordpress\htdocs\wp-config.php to check and the code is there /** Enable W3 Total Cache */ define('WP_CACHE', true); // Added by W3 Total Cache

So I manually added the suggested code by the plugin’s error in the C:\XAMPP\apps\wordpress\htdocs\.htaccess file, that now reads

# BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
        Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule mod_filter.c>
        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon application/json
    <IfModule mod_mime.c>
        # DEFLATE by extension
        AddOutputFilter DEFLATE js css htm html xml
    </IfModule>
    </IfModule>
</IfModule>
# END W3TC Browser Cache

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

But the problem persists. I can’t understand what I did wrong or how to move forward to test the plugin before deploying to my website. Can anyone give me a hand with this?

https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/