I was able to follow this helpful post on the following link.
https://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/06/installing-wordpress-locally-under.html
Since I had done these steps when I first installed all I had to do was double click xampp-control.exe to start the Apache and Mysql services.
Then browse to the following address to get to the WordPress login page.
https://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
Once I logged in I was able to reach the Dashboard.
I hope this helps others in the future! ??