Craft directory 403 Access Forbidden with XAMPP
That’s a good thing - you definitely don’t want to allow direct HTTP traffic to your craft/ folder, as people would be able to access your config settings, license key, and plenty of other sensitive data.

There’s a .htaccess file inside your craft/ folder with Deny from all in it, which is what is responsible for that 403 error you’re getting. Keep it in there!