apache server error

apache server

[doing007]

I've installed php5, sql & apache 2. Versions on my Xp . everything is working great , now the problem is when i go to [localhost...] it says "It works!" and i even installed PHPmyadmin is working fine, i can create databases from command as well phpmyadmin. when i go for wordpress or joomla what ever installations it's not recognising the installations directory. I clicked manually by selecting install.php , and now wordpress installation done but i can't see the home page when i enter as [localhost...] this means i think it's not recognising the installation and index files.

but i don't know where is the wrong some one please help me about this

after installation of joomla when i go to [localhost...] it is showing the files in following manner. but not in website look

Index of /joom

Parent Directory
CHANGELOG.php
COPYRIGHT.php
CREDITS.php
INSTALL.php
LICENSE.php
LICENSES.php
administrator/
cache/
components/
configuration.php
configuration.php-dist
htaccess.txt
images/
includes/
index.php
index2.php
language/
libraries/
logs/
media/
modules/
plugins/
robots.txt
templates/
tmp/
xmlrpc/

thanks
MO

[phranque]

welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com], MO!

in what context is your AddHandler Directive [httpd.apache.org] being specified?
perhaps it is not in effect for the directories containing your joomla & wp installations.