Can only access homepage and admin panel

I am really struggling to move Wordpress from an external host to my localhost (xampp). After two days trying to do this I am now at the stage where I can access the homepage and admin panel, but nothing else.

I have accessed permalinks and clicked save as shown below:

Here is the .htaccess file that is generated:

# BEGIN WordPress
IfModule mod_rewrite.c
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /Blog/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /Blog/index.php [L]
/IfModule

# END WordPress

Here is the apache config:

Options All AllowOverride All

and:

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

For example, when I try to access: http://ianscomputer/Blog/about-2/; I see this in Fiddler:

What is the problem?

Update Here are some more settings:

Topic apache mod-rewrite xampp migration Wordpress

Category Web

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@w0051977 after re-reading this issue, I started thinking of something that could be the actual issue; your "domain name".

Please note: I always work on Windows, so I could be wrong in some or all areas. I'm trying to use my best guess work here.

During my test environments (local), I always have a top-level domain name, e.g. ianscomputer.internal. While I was learning WP, I had some difficulties because I was using only localhost. Honestly, I didn't take the time to learn why, so I just created a fake "full domain name" and moved on.

Based on the stated above, I did a quick Google search and came across this post: Faking a top-level domain name for local development with Apache which says:

Not every CMS (looking at you Wordpress!) has relative paths to their content.

So I would say:

  1. Follow the steps to create a fake top-level domain. (Super guess x3)
  2. Check Apache settings as suggested on this post: [How to trace Apache 301 Moved Permanently?]https://serverfault.com/questions/361165/how-to-trace-apache-301-moved-permanently.
  3. Get rid of the :80 in all settings. When using http:// before the domain, this is stated. (Personal opinion)
  4. While testing, change your permalink structure to Default. It will make your troubleshooting easier. (Personal opinion)

Test the above and let us know what works and does not work.

I hope this helps and good luck.

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