Can you imagine that I'm unable to make 11ty work on my computer?!

[iESN]

I spent half a day trying 11ty to make it work before arriving here. In simple terms, 11ty doesn't find a file (even though the file exists where 11ty searches).
[11ty] Original error stack trace: Error: You’re trying to use a layout that does not exist: _includes/default (via layout: default).

I have no more ideas! Even ChatGPT is burned and spins in circles! Could someone please help me?

Thank you, Dan

[bobmonsour]

Have you tried adding the file extension to it? layout: default.njk

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[iESN]

I understand why it won't run for half a day! 11ty comes with a default setting regarding where it looks for HTML and MD files. This is the root! In a half-day, I tried to organize everything in folders, without following the step-by-step default installation instructions from the website to test the implicit functionality! What a stupid I was! Now I must learn to configure to organize all as I want!

Thank you anyway, I hope that somebody will find this useful!