@mercime:
I ended up ditching WAMP and installing XAMPP. It works like a charm, so far….I have a lot of learning to do! But everything is showing up like it is supposed to. Please mark this thread RESOLVED.
Thanks for your answer. I may switch to XAMPP. How do you not give WP it’s own directory? This is all new to me, but I am more than willing and ready to learn.