title: XAMPP Ignores Document Root; Redirects to 'localhost/dashboard'
body: <p>I have two computers, a laptop &amp; desktop, with seemingly identical setups:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Running local server via XAMPP (for Windows, v 7.0.13)</li>
  <li>Laravel-based project</li>
  <li>In <code>httpd.conf</code>, <code>DocumentRoot</code> is set to D:/xampp/htdocs/site-folder/public</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>On the laptop, everything works as expected; visiting <code>localhost</code> in Chrome hits Laravel's <code>public</code> folder and the application fires up like it should. On the desktop, however, I get redirected to <code>localhost/dashboard</code> when I visit <code>localhost</code>. Typing out the full address (ie, <code>localhost/site-folder/public</code>) works, but all links are broken, as they expect the <code>site-folder/public</code> directory to be the root.</p>
  
  <p>My assumption—and I hope I'm wrong about this—is that there are a lot of potential configuration settings that might be off. Any ideas on what might cause this, or how to go about debugging? Thanks in advance for any thoughts/suggestions!</p>