Changing the root directory in WAMP

Question

I\'m looking to change the root directory to point the directory to the following location:

C:\\Documents and Settings\\User\\My Documents[documents]\\wamp

I

Answer 1

Just in case someone comes across this as I did.

I had permissions problems on the parent folder of the directory I was trying to set as the DocumentRoot.

I found allowing the SYSTEM user Full Control privileges fixed the problem.

Answer 2

Right click your folder, select properties, then go to security tab. Edit proper permission for that folder so that apache user can have permission to access that folder.

I have tested that scenario in my system and DocumentRoot folder with bracket inside the name can work without problem.

Answer 3

If you have permission problems (403 denied), and you are using newer WAPMs, e.g.

-wampserver2.5 with

-Apache-2.4.9

-Mysql-5.6.17

-php5.5.12-64b

you may want to check httpd.conf code (ca #240):

    AllowOverride none
    Require all denied

and change it to:

Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all

Also, you may want to: take a look at this

Answer 4

I was getting same forbidden error (In windows machine for wamp), after lot of r & d I found that there is need to change default virtual host in httpd-vhosts.conf file which is present in:

C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.17\conf\extra  

(change directory c:/wamp/www to what you want)

From :

ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost  
DocumentRoot “c:/wamp/www”  
ServerName localhost  
ErrorLog “logs/localhost-error.log”  
CustomLog “logs/localhost-access.log” common  

To:

ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot “E:/wamp/www”
ServerName localhost
ErrorLog “logs/localhost-error.log”
CustomLog “logs/localhost-access.log” common