Windows server 2012 : Access forbidden for xampp project - php

Question

Checked almost stackoverflow answers but getting same error, using windows server 2012 installed XAMPP( Apache/2.4.33 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.2o PHP/5.6.36 ).
xampp does not access any project from htdocs other than xampp dashboard.
Error :
httpd-vhost.conf :
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/mysite"
ServerName local.yourdomain.com
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/mysite">
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
hosts :
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 local.yourdomain.com
httpd.conf :
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/mysite"
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/mysite">
#
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
# Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important. Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride All
#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Require all granted
</Directory>

Answer 1

I have found that these 403 errors are (almost) always Apache configuration errors. Unfortunately there is not a lot of diagnostics in the logs for this.
Try this in your httpd-vhosts.conf file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.local
DocumentRoot "C:\Users\shipl\htdocs\example"
<Directory "C:\Users\shipl\htdocs\example">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Your hosts then would have:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 example.local
Note that 'example.local' and '\htdocs\example' must be consistent in all the references.
Hope this helps.