How to disable localhost/dashboard directory listing in xampp

Question

Whenever I open localhost it redirects to this directory listing. Previously it used to show the index.html page "Welcome to XAMPP" now it shows directory listing. How do I revert it?

Answer 1

For whatever reason if xampp stops recognizing the dashboard index.html file simply edit xampp/htdocs/index.php file and edit the following line and add /index.html at the end of the line.

header('Location: '.$uri.'/dashboard/index.html');

This will make sure that the index.html is loaded rather than displaying the Directory listing.