Forbidden when accessing my directories - Apache

Question

I am using Windows 7 x64 and installed apache 2.4 with PHP 7.1 separately, configured everything and when I place localhost, it works normally.

So inside my htdocs, I created a folder called projects. When I access the address http://localhost/projects/ it returns me 403 Forbidden and does not show me the files I have in it, what I can do to free access ?

NOTE: I do not use WAMP and XAMP, only apache and php native.

UPDATE

My httpd.conf is like this:

DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24/htdocs"

<Directory "c:/Apache24/htdocs">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
    Options ExecCGI
    Order Deny,Allow
    Allow from all
</Directory>

And I’m using vhosts, httpd-vhosts.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24/htdocs/projetos/vhost.com/"
    ServerName vhost.com
    <Directory  "c:/Apache24/htdocs/projetos/vhost.com">
       Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>


<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24/htdocs/"
    ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

Answer 1

You need to free access to subfolders through the file httpd.conf located inside the Conf folder in the apache installation directory.

Or add a rule to your file .htacces, good for both cases you can search in this other question down here that has the solution.

How to release a subdirectory protected with . htaccess?