LocalHost not working in my system

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Hi All,

I've just installed XAMPP in my machine. I was going through the PHP tutorials that was there on the codeproject site. When I'm trying to open localhost from my web browser, it is giving error(IIS7 error: HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden
The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory.). I've restarted the IIS services. I've checked the hosts file as well. I'm using Windows Vista 64-bit.
Any help is greatly appreciated !! Thank you

Posted 29-Jul-15 10:51am

Learning Girl

Updated 29-Jul-15 13:19pm

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[no name] 29-Jul-15 17:01pm

Vista? Really? That might be your problem right there. "not working" and "it is giving error" means nothing to us. What does "not working" mean? What is the error that you see on your screen that we cannot possibly know what it is?

RedDk 29-Jul-15 17:53pm

Many things ...
Have you tried refreshing the page after the first load fails?
What exactly is the localhost address that is failing?
Have you published the page yet?
The list goes on ...

Learning Girl 29-Jul-15 19:20pm

localhost/xampp(I'm trying to load a page which is in the xampp directory of my system) itself is not loading in my system. Ya I tried refreshing and all. Still it is not working

RedDk 29-Jul-15 22:52pm

Ok,

Go through these then.

https://www.google.com/search?q=xampp+AND+localhost+errors+AND+403.14&btnG=Search&hl=en&biw=&bih=&gbv=2

Please forgive WA also. I thought I could help but this list is more helpful than I am.

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User 59241 · Answer 1 · 2015-07-29T16:41:00

This is not a really programming question. It is not possible to debug your system from our desktop. Here are a few pointers. Google always is your friend.

1. Have you tested your installation as per this link? https://blog.udemy.com/xampp-tutorial/[^]

2. Have you googled your error which is always the first step?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/942062[^]

http://forums.iis.net/t/1207657.aspx?How+to+Fix+HTTP+Error+403+14+Forbidden+The+Web+server+is+configured+to+not+list+the+contents+of+this+directory+[^]

3. The next step is to visit the XAMPP forum. https://community.apachefriends.org/viewforum.php?f=16[^]