fresh instal, new OS WIn 10 pro : Access forbidden!

[labrat13]

Hi

sorry for being a noob, i have successfully installed xampp 7.1.33 on Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit.

When i start the services from XAMPP control panel it shows running with no issues, i can access the apache main page, but as soon as i click on phpmyadmin link or if i click on ADMIN on SQL module from XAMPP control panel, i get the error below :


i m pretty sure its a known error most newbies go through but i searched the forums and so far any fix did not work for me ( Editing the httpd-xampp to change to require all granted ) then restart services, still same issue. im going nuts.

http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

Access forbidden!
You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 403
localhost
Apache/2.4.41 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.0.2s PHP/7.1.33

[Altrea]

Hi,

first of all please undo all changes you have done to the configuration files (best to uninstall and do a fresh xampp installation), so we are getting an known environment.
Then try to access phpmyadmin again.
After that please show us the full contents of your:
- XAMPP control panel log window
- Apache access.log file

best wishes,
Altrea

[Nobbie]

i have successfully installed xampp 7.1.33 on Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit.

But to which folder? You did not tell us. Probably NOT to c:/xampp (as recommended). Obviously you installed Xampp into a User folder (c:/Users/....), or onto a NAS Drive (any Letter like E: or so) or similar, because Apache cannot access htdocs folder due to missing rights on Windows (that is what Error 403 means). This is typically behaviour for installation into wrong folder.

[labrat13]

thanks for the quick replies,

yes it was in default folder C:\Xampp . i have resolved my own issue, i realized the version i downloaded 7.1. 33 (top of the DL page ) is not the latest, i have uninstalled it, then downloaded 7.3.11, and this one worked like a charm .

I m not sure whats up with the 7.1.33 but i m just glad its resolved by installing new version.

thanks a lot for your responses