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Angusman has put together a comprehensive list of Rewrite Rules for those who need to do custom work with their site. Note this is not beginner material, rather for those familiar with htaccess and rewrite rules.
WordPress and the annoying rewrite rules at Troidus
Found a solution via Matt Read to allow customization of your .htaccess file, ala WP 1.5.x It does require the changing of a core file, so if you do try this, make sure you keep a note of the file and what you changed, both in case of upgrading, or in case something goes wrong.
So I moved the site from a subfolder to the root. With the help of the codex, I was easily able to move the site to root, with no problems. Go into your admin area, change the options for the site address, move your files, load the site, done! But alas, I couldn’t load my Pages. I went in and changed the permalinks, twice, but alas, I couldn’t load my Pages. So, I copied the page under edit, deleted the page, and created a new page with new title. Still wouldn’t load. Figured it must be .htaccess issues, that it was trying to load a page from the subfolder still, so I deleted the file, uploaded a new, blank text file, renamed it to .htaccess, reset the permalinks, Pages load. So if the problem ever happens to you, now you know how to fix it.