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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

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

labrat13 wrote: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.

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