Admin page looping redirect on clean install

[dwdw]

I've just installed ZenCart and I am unable to access the administrative page due to a looping redirect. When I visit example.com/catalog/admin, I get the standard "The page isn't redirecting properly" error from Firefox, as the page attempts to continually 302 redirect to alert_page.php.

I've tried a number of things to fix this, including temporarily removing the .htaccess file in the admin directory, making sure cookies are enabled, etc. Through some selective commenting I've found that the problem lies here in alert_page.php:

require ('includes/application_top.php');

When I comment this require out, the looping redirects stop. Obviously this could mean anything, but it's certainly something to go on. Anyway, is this a common issue, or is there any way to prevent the page from redirecting to the alerts_page? It looks like this page is just telling me to delete my zc_install dir (which i've already done) and move my admin page, which I have yet to do.

Here is a copy of my ../admin/includes/configure.php file (with the identifying characteristics removed):

http://pastebin.com/LKG658dJ

Any help is appreciated.

[DrByte]

It looks like this page is just telling me to ... move my admin page, which I have yet to do.

Yes, it is.
And doing so will be the quickest way to solve your problem.
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=33

[dwdw]

Welp, that was easy enough; thanks for the quick help. The available documentation and setup information didn't really make it clear that moving the directory would be necessary, but sure enough that worked.