Body: <p>I'm using XAMPP for the very first time and am also new to Craft so any help with this issue would be very much appreciated. I'm attempting to set-up a local dev environment through XAMPP and then be able to make content changes via Craft. I found this set-up guide for MAMP / Craft CMS and have followed it step by step except adapting it for XAMPP: </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://unakravets.tumblr.com/post/58150139083/the-absolute-beginners-guide-to-setting-up-craft" rel="nofollow">http://unakravets.tumblr.com/post/58150139083/the-absolute-beginners-guide-to-setting-up-craft</a></p>
  
  <p>At the end, when I attempt to go to localhost/Craft/public/admin to access the Craft Admin Panel, I get the following message: </p>
  
  <p>Access forbidden!</p>
  
  <p>You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.</p>
  
  <p>If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.</p>
  
  <p>Error 403</p>
  
  <p>localhost
  Apache/2.4.10 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1i PHP/5.6.3</p>
  
  <p>What could be causing this and what can I do to fix it?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for any help!</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2015-02-19T07:12:16.437Z
Comments.Text: Could be a number of things. Here's the obvious ones — check your $craftPath in your public index.php page is pointing to your craft folder; check that your craft/config/db.php has the correct database connection settings (and confirm that you can connect to your DB). Make sure the craft/app, craft/storage, and craft/config folders are writable by php (set to 777 temporarily if you're not sure). Check that you added the '.' to the htaccess file in your public folder. Review the [install page](http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/installing) in the docs to see if you missed anything.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Douglas McDonald
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Comments.CreationDate: 2015-02-19T22:18:16.357Z
Comments.Text: Thanks so much for the reply, Douglas! I would have gotten back to you earlier but I didn't realized it had been responded to based on the looking at it in the StackExchange Entry listing. So I can confirm that #craftPath is pointing to the right place, I can connect to the database and that the information is correct in craft/config/db.php, that the folders are writable by PHP and that the htaccess folder was updated appropriately. I'm stumped as to what's going on here. Any other ideas or suggestions?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Dan
Tags: <server><error>
Title: How to Fix Error 403 Attempting to Access Craft Admin Page Using XAMPP
ThreadText: # How to Fix Error 403 Attempting to Access Craft Admin Page Using XAMPP
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-19)
  
  I'm using XAMPP for the very first time and am also new to Craft so any help with this issue would be very much appreciated. I'm attempting to set-up a local dev environment through XAMPP and then be able to make content changes via Craft. I found this set-up guide for MAMP / Craft CMS and have followed it step by step except adapting it for XAMPP:
  
  <http://unakravets.tumblr.com/post/58150139083/the-absolute-beginners-guide-to-setting-up-craft>
  
  At the end, when I attempt to go to localhost/Craft/public/admin to access the Craft Admin Panel, I get the following message:
  
  Access forbidden!
  
  You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.
  
  If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
  
  Error 403
  
  localhost
  Apache/2.4.10 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1i PHP/5.6.3
  
  What could be causing this and what can I do to fix it?
  
  Thanks in advance for any help!
  
  **Tags:** server, error
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Could be a number of things. Here's the obvious ones — check your $craftPath in your public index.php page is pointing to your craft folder; check that your craft/config/db.php has the correct database connection settings (and confirm that you can connect to your DB). Make sure the craft/app, craft/storage, and craft/config folders are writable by php (set to 777 temporarily if you're not sure). Check that you added the '.' to the htaccess file in your public folder. Review the [install page](http://buildwithcraft.com/docs/installing) in the docs to see if you missed anything.  
  > **username_0**: Thanks so much for the reply, username_1! I would have gotten back to you earlier but I didn't realized it had been responded to based on the looking at it in the StackExchange Entry listing. So I can confirm that #craftPath is pointing to the right place, I can connect to the database and that the information is correct in craft/config/db.php, that the folders are writable by PHP and that the htaccess folder was updated appropriately. I'm stumped as to what's going on here. Any other ideas or suggestions?  
  
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