I managed to get it working with friendly url by 1. enable rewrite_module in apache httpd.conf, 2. use original htaccess from .htaccess.dist . 3. set $Configuration['Garden']['RewriteUrls'] = true;
I've submitted changes to the Vanilla README to take into account file deletions required over the years https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/pull/7232, most especially the 2 addons that @R_J notes above. I've also added a step to the OP.
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