403 Forbidden

Server Config
1

Hi all.

Newbie in the house.

I just installed Apache for Windows and want to change the root directory from DocumentRoot “C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs” to DocumentRoot “D:/0002_web_development”

D:/ being another drive

After restarting Apache I try test by going to localhost and then I keep getting a ‘403 Forbidden’ error

Tried another test directory on my C:/ drive c:/temp but still get the same error.

Only seems to work with DocumentRoot “C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs”

Help…?

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Add the following to in http.conf:


<Directory "D:/0002_web_development">
    #
    # Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
    # or any combination of:
    #   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
    #
    # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
    # doesn't give it to you.
    #
    # The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
    # for more information.
    #
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

    #
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    #
    AllowOverride all

    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #

#   onlineoffline tag - don't remove
    Order Allow,Deny
    Allow from all

</Directory>

Probably you already have this but than <Directory “C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs”>.
Change the directory there, restart apache, and you should be fine.

3

It works!!! Thank you very much. I will be back:)