No orange start page in localhost

Question

Apache friends

I've installed xampp-win32-5.6.11-0-VC11 and in XAMPP control panel I can start Apache and MySQL. They start without any errors.

But... when I type localhost in my browser I am redirected to another page http://localhost/dashboard/ I don't have that orange start page as shown in all the manuals/tutorials. I mean, I don't have this page.

If I type localhost/xampp/index.php manually, I get into Google in Chrome or if I use Mozilla, I get this error: “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.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 404 localhost Apache/2.4.12 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1m PHP/5.6.11 “

I also don't have splash.php file for some reasons...

Could anyone can help to run he localhot orange proper.

Answer 1

The old orange XAMPP administration page is no longer included in current XAMPP versions. The Object cannot be found because it does not exist. The localhost/dashboard is the new default start page. If you want the old orange start page you will need to go back to the older version.