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If you are having problems with Apache not accessing .htaccess its likely because the AllowOverride directive setting is "None".

By default, httpd.conf looks like this:

Assuming C:/Apache/htdocs is the document root for your website, you must change this to the following:

Make sure you save httpd.conf and back it up. Then, restart Apache to have the change take effect.

If you don't do this, .htaccess will be ignored. Now if you don't have access to the Apache server directly (for example you are on a shared host), contact them to make the change or get a new hosting provider.

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