Clean URLs with XAMPP

Clean URLs works out of the box on current XAMPP. However, you probably need to set the rewrite base in the .htaccess file. Uncomment the line

# RewriteBase /drupal

if you have installed Drupal in a directory named drupal (inside the XAMPP htdocs directory).

Modify the RewriteBase if using Drupal in a subdirectory.
For example if site is at "Xampp/htdocs/Project/drupal" and  If site URL looks like this: "http://localhost/project/drupal".

Then modify the following line in the .htaccesss :

   RewriteBase /Project/drupal