Answers.Body: <p>Alec Ritson's comment solved the problem.  His advice was to try </p>
  
  <pre><code>localhost/sitename/public/index.php/admin
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In other words, I had to add index.php to the URL (after public but before admin) and then everything worked fine.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am trying to install Craft CMS 2.5 on a Windows 10 machine using WAMP 2.5.</p>
  
  <p>I just downloaded both Craft and WAMP this morning — so both are fresh installs.</p>
  
  <p>I believe I have done everything properly, but when I navigate to <code>localhost/sitename/public</code> I get the following message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Service Unavailable</p>
    
    <p>Our site is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>If I try navigating to <code>localhost/sitename/public/admin</code> OR <code>localhost/sitename/admin</code> I get the following message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Not Found</p>
    
    <p>The requested URL /sitename/admin was not found on this server.</p>
    
    <p>Apache/2.4.9 (Win64) PHP/5.5.12 Server at localhost Port 80</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>These are the steps I took when setting up:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Created a folder in <code>wamp/www</code> called <code>sitename</code></li>
  <li>Copied the <code>craft</code> and <code>public</code> folders into the <code>sitename</code> folder</li>
  <li>Changed <code>htaccess</code> to <code>.htaccess</code> (using windows command line)</li>
  <li>Created database in phpmyadmin</li>
  <li>Updated <code>db.php</code> in <code>craft/config</code> folder</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>(the only change I had to make was to add the database name — I left server as localhost, user as root and password blank.  I did change the tablePrefix to five different letters — i.e., no numbers or special characters)</p>
  
  <p>I did NOT change the permissions on any of the app, config or storage folders for the simple reason that I do not know how to do that on Windows.  </p>
  
  <p>Unless the permissions are the problem, then I do not know why I am having this problem.  </p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Do you get anything if you do `localhost/sitename/public/index.php/admin`?
  It looks like your doc root is not the public folder and your .htaccess file is what does the rewrite of your urls to make them 'pretty'
Comments.UserDisplayName: Alec Ritson
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Comments.CreationDate: 2015-12-15T17:45:08.677Z
Comments.Text: @Moshe Can you add the solution that worked for you as an official answer?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brad Bell
Tags: <install><installation><windows>
Title: Trouble Installing Craft 2.5 on Windows 10 Using Wamp 2.5
ThreadText: # Trouble Installing Craft 2.5 on Windows 10 Using Wamp 2.5
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-15)
  
  I am trying to install Craft CMS 2.5 on a Windows 10 machine using WAMP 2.5.
  
  I just downloaded both Craft and WAMP this morning — so both are fresh installs.
  
  I believe I have done everything properly, but when I navigate to `localhost/sitename/public` I get the following message:
  
  > Service Unavailable
  >
  > Our site is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.
  
  If I try navigating to `localhost/sitename/public/admin` OR `localhost/sitename/admin` I get the following message:
  
  > Not Found
  >
  > The requested URL /sitename/admin was not found on this server.
  >
  > Apache/2.4.9 (Win64) PHP/5.5.12 Server at localhost Port 80
  
  These are the steps I took when setting up:
  
  1. Created a folder in `wamp/www` called `sitename`
  2. Copied the `craft` and `public` folders into the `sitename` folder
  3. Changed `htaccess` to `.htaccess` (using windows command line)
  4. Created database in phpmyadmin
  5. Updated `db.php` in `craft/config` folder
  
  (the only change I had to make was to add the database name — I left server as localhost, user as root and password blank. I did change the tablePrefix to five different letters — i.e., no numbers or special characters)
  
  I did NOT change the permissions on any of the app, config or storage folders for the simple reason that I do not know how to do that on Windows.
  
  Unless the permissions are the problem, then I do not know why I am having this problem.
  
  Any ideas?
  
  **Tags:** install, installation, windows
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Do you get anything if you do `localhost/sitename/public/index.php/admin`? It looks like your doc root is not the public folder and your .htaccess file is what does the rewrite of your urls to make them 'pretty'  
  > **username_2**: @username_0 Can you add the solution that worked for you as an official answer?  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2015-12-16. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  username_1 username_1's comment solved the problem. His advice was to try
  
  ```
  localhost/sitename/public/index.php/admin
  
  ```
  
  In other words, I had to add index.php to the URL (after public but before admin) and then everything worked fine.
  
  
  ---
  
  