'XAMPP keeps showing Dashboard/Welcome Page instead of the Configuration Page

I've just downloaded and installed XAMPP 5.6.11 and started all the tools from the control panel. I've seen that one of it's new features is that it has a Welcome/Dashboard page.

Previously, going to 127.0.0.1 would take me to a language selection page and then to a orange-yellow page where I could configure XAMPP. Now, going to 127.0.0.1 or hitting Apache's "Admin" button in the XAMPP Control Panel takes me to the dashboard/welcome page no matter what.

One curious thing: attempting to go to http://localhost/xampp/ shows me an empty directory listing. I figured perhaps my install was botched so I reinstalled XAMPP. Still no luck. Even tried installing Apache 5.5.27. Same problem.

Am I missing something?

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Solution 1:[1]

Same issue here, comparing the htdocs/xampp folder in 5.6.11 with 5.6.8 I saw all the files there are missing in 5.6.11. Copied the entire htdocs/xampp folder from 5.6.8 to 5.6.11 and worked fine.

Solution 2:[2]

Open the htdocs folder there will be index.php file. In that file script is written to go in dashboard folder and show dashboard. So you just have to comment it or delete that script and write any code save it and run http://localhost now dashboard screen will not open and you will see what you have written in that file.

Solution 3:[3]

Delete the file(index.php) from your xampp folder, you will get the list of directories and files from htdocs folder.

Solution 4:[4]

Here is the solutions that worked for me:

  1. open index.php from the htdocs folder
  2. inside replace the word dashboard with your database name.
  3. restart the server

This should resolve the issue :-)

Solution 5:[5]

Hey here is the solution for windows 7+.

You need admin rights to make changes to the hosts file

Right click on your favorit text-editor and select "run as administrator" before opening the file

Open the following file "c:/windows/system32/driver/etc/hosts"

Enter the line: 

127.0.0.1 localhost

Next: Define a virtual host in /xampfolder/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

<VirtualHost  127.0.0.1>
  DocumentRoot "c:\your\document\root"
  ServerName localhost
    <Directory "c:\your\document\root">
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
      Options All 
      AllowOverride All
      Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Restart your apache! Now you can enter http://localhost in your browser and access your page.

Pro-Tip: You can use other names as localhost or have multiple localhosts this way. Just enter the names in the hosts file and define your virtual hosts.

Solution 6:[6]

I've resolved the issue, by going to setting and permalink, just choose post-name.

it should work and you'll see the exact page.. rather than dashboard/xampp page again

Best of Luck

Solution 7:[7]

Easiest solution for this to remove the index.php code which is allocated on 

xammp-> htdocs-> index.php

you can delete the code of this page to solution your problem but have another way which is .htaccss file. Some time you show this problem because of have some issue or miss code on .htaccss file thas way yo saw the xammp dashboard every time. Hop it will resolve your problem. Happy Coding and Good Luck

Solution 8:[8]

my suggestion: Choose a different version. I had the same problem you have deinstalled v5.6.11, downloaded and installed v5.6.3, works fine for me.

cheers!

Solution 9:[9]

(MAC) check the /Applications/XAMPP/etc/httpd.conf file there is a section that by default is commented out. Search for "Virtual hosts". If you delete the # in the next line, like in the picture, you should just need to restart apache and then you're good to go. uncomment to allow virtual hosts

Solution 10:[10]

I was also experiencing the same issue. 5.5.24 was the latest version that worked for me. The Apache Friends blog has a post, https://www.apachefriends.org/blog/new_xampp_20150723.html, that mentions the newer versions shipping with the 'Dashboard'.

Solution 11:[11]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/

The old version, but the desired function will be sufficient.

Uninstall version 5.6.11 and downgrade to version 5.6.8.

Solution 12:[12]

This works in Windows; didn't check Linux but don't see why it wouldn't work. Download the zip files for 5.6.8 portable. Unzip the files and copy the xampp/htdocs to the xampp/htdocs in your install directory.

Solution 13:[13]

I had the same problem. I uninstalled the 6.8.14 and installed back older version 5.6.8, and it worked.

Solution 14:[14]

Change the document root in the file C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf to the folder where is the index.php of your project.

Solution 15:[15]

This worked for me: go to htdocs and rename index.php to anything, restart. Now everytime you access locahost it will show the directory not that annoying dashboard.

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