xampp error 500

I am trying to run script on XAMPP but get "internet server error 500". 500 ringgit berapa rupiah Its fine when running on the live server I assume this is a htaccess error The htaccess code is below: IfModule mod_rewrite c RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^$ public/ [L] RewriteRule ( *) public/ [L] /IfModule