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I have installed the latest version of xampp and when I attempt to go to http://localhost , I get a 403 forbidden error, and the same when going to the admin page for apache. how can this be fixed?

The XAMPP/Apache is really running? (or an other webserver...)

yes, the xampp control panel says apache is running

What is the complete text in your browser?

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.2.4 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8e mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.2 Server at localhost Port 80

This is a clean installataion without any changes?

- your os?
- error.log?

I didn't change anything, nor do I have any idea where to find the error.log or os

The error log is located in dhe apache/log dir.

The forbidden error sound like there's a problem with the apache config or an already existing .htaccess in the htdocs folder.

the log won't open, but it has 0kb, presumably meaning it is empty.