Cannot browse new Laravel site on local machine

Hello,

I am trying to learn Laravel.

I am using Windows 10, WAMP, Laravel version: 5.2.44

I created a project on c:/sites where I develop all my sites. I called it larabasic.dev

I cannot open the site in my browser, it keeps switching to www.larabasic.dev and tells me server not found.

I set up a virtual host like I did to all my other sites that works well.

I tried:

Changing server.php to index.php and copied the public/htaccess file to the root folder
Going to http://larabasic.dev/public
Going to http://larabasic.dev/public/index.php
Changing vhosts file to:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName larabasic.dev
    ServerAlias larabasic.dev
    DocumentRoot "c:/sites/larabasic.dev/public"
    <directory "c:/sites/larabasic.dev/public">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride all
        Require all granted
    </directory>
</VirtualHost>

Instead of:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName larabasic.dev
    ServerAlias larabasic.dev
    DocumentRoot "c:/sites/larabasic.dev"
    <directory "c:/sites/larabasic.dev">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride all
        Require all granted
    </directory>
</VirtualHost>

My hosts file has these 2 entries: 127.0.0.1 larabasic.dev And ::1 larabasic.dev

I got a suggestion on stackoverflow and change the files to:

<VirtualHost 127.0.0.2:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:/sites/larabasic.dev/public"
    ServerAdmin admin@localhost
    ServerName larabasic.dev
    ServerAlias www.larabasic.dev

    <Directory "C:/sites/larabasic.dev/public">
       AllowOverride All
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

       Require local
       # if you want access from other pc's on your local network
       #Require ip 192.168.1
       # Only if you want the world to see your site
       #Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

And 127.0.0.2 larabasic.dev

I deleted everything in this folder and created an index.php file that echos 'hi', still the same problem.
I copied this index file to a different folder called: test.dev, this works fine.
I created another project called: mylara.dev, same problem.

Nothing helps. Again, any other sites I have developed with plain php work fine.

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