# 403 Forbidden error on WAMP

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/403-forbidden-error-on-wamp/25425>\
**Category:** Mautic 4 Install/Upgrade Support\
**Created:** [September 17, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/403-forbidden-error-on-wamp/25425 "2022-09-17T08:45:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![fzngagan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/fzngagan/32/6133_2.png) [@fzngagan](https://forum.mautic.org/u/fzngagan)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/403-forbidden-error-on-wamp/25425/8 "2022-10-02T07:01:23Z")

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Just came accross this one which seems to be the same solution. Wish I checked it our earlier 😉

> [@403 Forbidden after fresh install with Softaculous](https://forum.mautic.org/t/403-forbidden-after-fresh-install-with-softaculous/23891/14):
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> I have just removed comment the following lines in .htaccess and everything is working # Apache 2.4+ \<IfModule authz\_core\_module\> # Deny access via HTTP requests to all PHP files. \<FilesMatch "\.php$"\> # Comment the following line to avoid 403 error #Require all denied \</FilesMatch\> # Deny access via HTTP requests to composer files. \<FilesMatch "^(composer\.json|composer\.lock)$"\> Require all denied \</FilesMatch\> # Except those allowed below…

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