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I did experience the same problem when adding the AddModule mod_rewite.c line into httpd.conf (NOT removing the comment - because the original httpd.conf does not have this line). And apache won't start. But as they say mod_rewrite is already included in the conf file of apache, all you have to do is to uncomment sth, so I dont think the line AddModule mod_rewite.c is necessary. So the problem with mod_write not working (when you've uncommented LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so) lies somewhere else: if you've changed the path of document root (i.e. the one you arrive at by entering [a href=\"http://localhost\" target=\"_blank\"]http://localhost[/a] ), you should have changed the line DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/xampp/htdocs", for example, to another path, and it should works fine. But for mod_rewrite to work properly (and maybe for other things as well), however, you must change another line, that is , e.g. <Directory "C:/Program Files/xampp/htdocs">, to reflect the new path to the document root. Change that and you should be done with mod_rewrite!

Normally when mod_rewrite is in effect, if you write a rule to redirect user to another link when they enter a link on your site, user will be redirected even if that link (a directory or a file) exists. But I want a RewriteCond that checks if the link exists - if it does, user will be able to enter that link instead of being redirected, and if it doesn't, user will be redirected of course. Is this possible? And if it is, how should I write it? Thanks in advance.