CodeIgniter: Trouble removing "index.php" from URL -

i have been trying fix days , have tried following tutorials:

• this on stackoverflow

• this ci forums

and many many others.

none have worked.

here problem:

whenever click site link in wamp localhost/ci/index.php/homecontroller works fine.

if omit “index.php” url (localhost/ci/homecontroller), however, shows me same folder list on localhost.

this htaccess file in root:

<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c> rewriteengine on rewritebase /ci/  #removes access system folder users. #additionally allow create system.php controller, #previously not have been possible. #'system' can replaced if have renamed system folder. rewritecond %{request_uri} ^system.* rewriterule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [l]  #when application folder isn't in system folder #this snippet prevents user access application folder #submitted by: fabdrol #rename 'application' applications folder name. rewritecond %{request_uri} ^application.* rewriterule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [l]  #checks see if user attempting access valid file, #such image or css document, if isn't true sends #request index.php rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d rewriterule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [l] </ifmodule>  <ifmodule !mod_rewrite.c>     # if don't have mod_rewrite installed, 404's     # can sent index.php, , works normal.     # submitted by: elliothaughin      errordocument 404 /index.php </ifmodule>  

and in config file:

$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/ci/'; $config['index_page'] = ''; $config['uri_protocol'] = 'auto';  

this still redirected me wamp home page.

i uncommented (in httpd.conf file).

loadmodule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so  

additional information:

in routes.php file:

$route['default_controller'] = "homecontroller"; 

my abbreviated file structure: (located @ c:\wamp\www)

• /ci
  • /application
    • /cache
    • /config
    • /controllers
    • /core
    • /errors
    • /helpers
    • /hooks
    • /languages
    • /libraries
    • /logs
    • /models
    • /third_party
    • /views
    • .htaccess
    • index.html
  • /assets
  • /system
  • .htaccess
  • index.php

any appreciated. sorry if there answers on topic. none have worked project.

edit:

if try htaccess:

rewriteengine on rewritecond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt) rewriterule ^(.*)$ /ci/index.php?/$1 [l] 

i get:

internal server error  server encountered internal error or misconfiguration , unable complete request.  please contact server administrator, admin@localhost , inform them of time error occurred, , might have done may have caused error.  more information error may available in server error log. 

rewriteengine on rewritebase /ci/ rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d rewritecond $1 !^(index\.php|js|img|css|captcha|robots\.txt) rewriterule ^(.*)$ /ci/index.php/$1 [l] 

this default htaccess use projects remove index.php

rewritebase (/ci/) , rewriterule (/ci/index.php) should reference base directory of project. say, project hosted @ http://www.yoursite.com/ci/?

also, if hosting project on wamp need enable htaccess in config. this, click on wamp icon , choose apache->apache modules->rewrite_module. restart services.

good luck!