CI4 on localhost using XAMPP on windows

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry but I can't manage to get CI4 working on windows using XAMPP.

What I had done:

- Update php.ini to activate required extensions;
- Manually download CI4 files and put inside htdocs/ci4/ folder;
- Edited file Config/App.php with main root: http://localhost/ci4/ (tried also with public/ suffix);

Result is 404 - not found.

I edited windows system32 vhosts file accordingly to the forum suggestions, nothing;
I also added paths on windows and check all other windows options as suggested in the forum, butt nothing;
Tried also using vhosts/editing apache files trying to load the local website as "mywebsite.test or mywebsite.local" accordingly to online/forum suggestions, but same results (sometimes also worst, CI dont load at all for config errors).


I remember when I tried this previously that I received some suggestions about edit inside the public/index.php because windows manage paths in a bad way that return this error. But I can't found that solution anymore/anywhere...

So I'm completely stuck on cI4 setup (strange becasue it was always one of strenghtness of the framework) and can't work on the real code for my app.

I hope you can help me so I can put some efforts on this project next days.


Thank you!