magento install problems on wamp

[eddiecejb]

I am installing the latest version of Magento community edition on my local windows 8 machine for a test environment. I have installed Wamp as the web server. I can access my PHPMyAdmin but when I try to access the Magento folder on my C drive by typing in the following:

localhost/magento/

I get this error. Does anyone have any ideas for me to try to reach my store front end?

You don't have permission to access /magento/ on this server.

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Apache/2.4.9 (Win64) PHP/5.5.12 Server at localhost Port 80 

I have checked and I am the administrator of my local machine. Also I have created an alias to this folder in Wamp

[sherrie]

Did you try using http://127.0.0.1/magento instead?

[iweb_p3mbo]

Also might be worth ensuring that mod_rewrite is enabled in your apache config and that you have a .htaccess inside of your public_html.

[Sigmaproserv]

I tried using http://127.0.0.1/magento and I am still getting the same error.

[Folio3 Pvt Ltd]

Hi,

Can you please specify

1. In which folder you have put your magento code?

2. Whether you have created an alias in your webserver? 

If you don't have created alias then create one and then try, 

URL : http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/smb-technologist/create-aliases-on-your-wamp-server/

Regards

[Anmol_Gupta95]

Installing Magento on WAMP can be pretty painful for beginners, as magento requires a lot of server configurations which are not set by default.

*For those who are wondering, Why a server ? Well, for running a website you have to host the site in any server so that people in the internet can find it. In this case you will be turning your computer into a server and will host your website in it, so that you can see how your website behaves. But in this case your website will open only from the server i.e. your local computer.

Before you start installing you need the following:
1. WAMP server installed in your computer
2. Magento Community Edition Files.

Installing WAMP:

1. Download WAMP from http://www.wampserver.com/en/.
   
   
   
2. Install and start the WAMP server.
   
   
   
3. Make sure that your wamp icon is green, if it’s not green then it’s not active.
   To make it active click on it and “Restart All Services”
   
   
   
4. Open any browser and type localhost or 127.0.0.1 on the address bar and you will see your WAMP server dashboard page.

Here is a full guide to install Magento on Wamp: How to install Magento on WAMP server localhost / localcomputer ?

[joy1212]

Hi,

Can you please check folder permission of magento directory?
you also check apache settings as per below URL.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10873295/error-message-forbidden-you-dont-have-permission-to-acce...

Thanks

Jignesh Aakoliya

http://www.ifourtechnolab.com

[TutorialMagento]

I think you see that error because you entered a wrong URL for Magento. Please recheck on your WAMP server.

Alternatively, try to install on XAMPP because it's much easier. << Snipped >>