This documentation is deprecated/obsolete. Lute v2 has been replaced by Lute v3, a full Python rewrite. Please see the Lute v3 manual which includes notes on installation. If you have Lute v2, you can easily migrate to v3. Thank you!

Because tech is fun. Google is your friend when it comes to troubleshooting. :-P

Pre-check: I'm assuming you've faithfully followed the Lute XAMPP install docs:

• file unzipped in C:/xampp/htdocs/lute_release/
• DB_PASSWORD and DB_HOSTNAME set correctly
• etc.

Googling "xampp access denied" returns a few promising-looking hits.

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17816732/xampp-access-forbidden-php
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22971248/xampp-phpmyadmin-access-denied-error2002

Per this:

Change

<Directory />
    AllowOverride none
    Require all denied
</Directory>

to

<Directory />
    AllowOverride none
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Restart Apache.

Per this:

Add Require all granted under the Allow from all line:

    Allow from all
    Require all granted

Restart Apache.