Xampp Windows 403 Forbidden

Problem

Preinstalled XAMPP virtualhost config files return 403 Access Forbidden on Windows even when an index file is present.

Solution

Update virtualhost configuration to include the following and reload/restart Apache.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host2.example.com
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/dummy-host2.example.com"
    ServerName dummy-host2.example.com
    ErrorLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/dummy-host2.example.com-access.log" common
     <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/dummy-host2.example.com">
        AllowOverride All
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>     
</VirtualHost>

Note

You may not need AllowOverride All, but I tend to use it on a lot of sites.