Why would Numeric permalinks work, but %postname% won’t?

PROBLEM
I had the same problem on Windows 7 localhost using WAMPServer and Apache 2.2.22. Any permalink structure containing the post name didn’t work. I got an error telling me the page could not be found.

SOLUTION
I found that, by default in this installation of Wampserver, the Apache “rewrite_module” is disabled. I enabled it and now my posts and pages work fine.

HOW TO
1) With Wampserver running, click the little green icon in your taskbar.
2) Hover over Apache, then hover over “Apache Modules”
3) Scroll down the list to find “rewrite_module”
4) If it is disabled (does NOT have a check mark in front of it), enable it (add a check mark)

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That’s all I had to do. I didn’t even need to re-start the Apache server. It just started working.

Alan

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