WampServer

I installed a fresh copy of WampServer 2.5 32 bit on a Windows 7 computer. I can get the included apps to run (wbgrind, etc.) but if I create my own alias, I can't get to it. I get this message:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /testdrive2/ on this server.
Apache/2.4.9 (Win32) PHP/5.5.12 Server at localhost Port 80


I looked at the alias file for webgrind and modified my own alias accordingly to this:

Alias /project "c:/Users/xxx/Projects/Project Root/source/"

<Directory "c:/Users/xxx/Projects/Project Root/source/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride all
<IfDefine APACHE24>
Require local
</IfDefine>
<IfDefine !APACHE24>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from localhost ::1 127.0.0.1
</IfDefine>
</Directory>

That doesn't work, either. I get the same forbidden error.

Please help! Why doesn't this work out of the box?

You would be better to create Virtual Hosts than Alias's, one for each of your projects.

See here for detailled tutorial [forum.wampserver.com]

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(Windows 10 Pro 64bit) (Wampserver 3.3.4 64bit) Aestan Tray Menu 3.2.5.4
<Apache versions MULTIPE> <PHP versions MULTIPLE> <MySQL Versions MULTIPLE>
<MariaDB versions MULTIPLE> <phpMyAdmin versions MULTIPLE> <MySQL Workbench 8.0.23>
Read The Manuals Apache -- MySQL -- PHP -- phpMyAdmin
Get your Apache/MySQL/mariaDB/PHP ADDONs here from the WAMPServer alternate Repo
-X-X-X- Backup your databases regularly Here is How dont regret it later! Yes even when developing -X-X-X-

The easiest solution was to uninstall WampServer 2.5 and install WampServer 2.3

You will get the same problems with any Apache installation, WAMPServer or anything else, that does not use Virtual Hosts when and if you come to move sites to a live server unless you get a handle on Virtual Hosts.

When and if you get such issues, please remember that you were pointed in the right direction and made the decision to ignore it.

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(Windows 10 Pro 64bit) (Wampserver 3.3.4 64bit) Aestan Tray Menu 3.2.5.4
<Apache versions MULTIPE> <PHP versions MULTIPLE> <MySQL Versions MULTIPLE>
<MariaDB versions MULTIPLE> <phpMyAdmin versions MULTIPLE> <MySQL Workbench 8.0.23>
Read The Manuals Apache -- MySQL -- PHP -- phpMyAdmin
Get your Apache/MySQL/mariaDB/PHP ADDONs here from the WAMPServer alternate Repo
-X-X-X- Backup your databases regularly Here is How dont regret it later! Yes even when developing -X-X-X-