Title: WordPress local installation problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress local installation problems

 *  [dushyanth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dushyanth/)
 * (@dushyanth)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-local-installation-problems/)
 * I am running a test server on Vista 64 using
    1. Apache 2.2.11 2. PHP 5.2.10 
   3. MySQL 5.1.35
 * PHP is working fine.
 * Problem:
    Wordpress installs fine, but when i login i am getting ‘Index of /wordpress/
   wp-admin’ which lists the file instead of the blog screen in the browser. What
   could be the problem here

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 *  [richkelly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richkelly/)
 * (@richkelly)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-local-installation-problems/#post-1130836)
 * Hi there.
 * I’ve just experienced the same problem, and I’m running the exact same set up
   as you except on Win XP. Here is how I fixed it.
 * You will need to do the following…
 * – Open up the “conf” folder in your Apache directory
 * – Open “httpd” file
 * – Add the following to the “DirectoryIndex” line which is around half way down
   the file (the index.html might already be on that line) – **index.html index.
   htm index.php** – make sure you put the spaces in as well.
 * – Save and close
 * – Restart Apache
 * This will tell your Apache server to accept those types of files as index files.
 * Hopefully this solution should be as simple and painless to you as it was to 
   me.
 * Good luck.
 * Rk
 *  [graystone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/graystone/)
 * (@graystone)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-local-installation-problems/#post-1130846)
 * I was having the same problem and richkelly’s solution was the right one. Thanks
   for posting.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [graystone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/graystone/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-local-installation-problems/#post-1130846)
 * Status: not resolved

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