[SOLVED] Issue with Mod_Rewrite after moving projects out of "www" "folder from WampServer

Issue

I've been trying for a few hours and cannot get around to why an out-of-box WordPress instance with Permalinks enabled works when it is in "C:\wamp\www" whereas the same duplicate will receive a "404 Not Found" when place in a folder outside of "www" folder, say "C:\projects"?

I believe the httpd-vhosts.conf is configured correctly, but just in case here's a paste of the 2 vhost setups.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:\wamp\www"
    ServerName localhost
    <Directory "C:\wamp\www">
        AllowOverride All
        Require local
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot    "C:\wamp\www\wordpress-lorem"
    ServerName      wordpress-lorem.localhost.com
    <Directory "C:\wamp\www\wordpress-lorem">
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from All
        Require local
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot    "C:\Projects\wordpress-ipsum"
    ServerName      wordpress-ipsum.localhost.com
    <Directory "C:\Projects\wordpress-ipsum">
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from All
        Require local
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

• Site wordpress-lorem.localhost.com will work problem free.
• While wordpress-ipsum.localhost.com will have problem with its permalinks (works fine when permalinks are switched off).

Experimented on Windows 8.1 64-bit and WampServer 2.5.

Solution

Looks like you're missing the "AllowOverride All" In the directory section in the additional vhost. This prevents your htaccess from working...

Answered By - ROunofF