How to install on localhost running XAMPP?

[Jim Hande]

Running Windows 11
Downloaded Zen Cart v 2.0.1 patched
Downloaded and installed xampp-windows-x64-8.2.12-0-VS16-installer (PHP v 8.2.12)
Created - C:\xampp\htdocs\zencart
Unzipped the Zen Cart files to the above path.
Started XAMPP, turned on Apache and MySQL.
Opened my browser (up to date Firefox), in the url I typed localhost/zencart
Nothing, plain white screen.

That's how I used to be able to do it back in the day of oscommerce 2.2.

What am I missing or doing wrong?

[lat9]

A whitescreen, anymore, when a Zen Cart page loads usually implies that there was a PHP error during the page's load. The PHP issue is logged in a myDEBUG*.log file in the site's /logs directory.

[Jim Hande]

Thank you for the reply.

Please forgive my ignorance.
I can not find the site's logs directory nor the myDEBUG*.log file.
I checked in the C:\XAMPP\htdocs\ZenCart all folders and files.
I even checked in all of XAMPP structure folders and files.

[swguy]

The logs folder should be at the top level, at the same level as "images" and "includes."

[Jim Hande]

Not there, only "demo_images", "includes", "sql".

[lat9]

Not there, only "demo_images", "includes", "sql".

Those subdirectories are in the zc_install directory: C:\XAMPP\htdocs\ZenCart\zc_install