# Got stuck with 403 on a new install on Windows 10

**URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/t/got-stuck-with-403-on-a-new-install-on-windows-10/1830
**Category:** Installation
**Created:** [October 30, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/got-stuck-with-403-on-a-new-install-on-windows-10/1830 "2022-10-30T06:32:58Z")
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### Author: ![Kevin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/kevin/32/808_2.png) [@Kevin](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Kevin)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/got-stuck-with-403-on-a-new-install-on-windows-10/1830/8 "2022-11-03T16:29:07Z")

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So what’s odd is that on Windows 10 Pro and 11 Pro, I never run into this issue when installing DK/creating a site. I believe there’s something more happening with your Windows setup but I’m unsure what it could be.

In your `DevKinsta/public` folder, do you have WordPress installed under a subdirectory like `sitename/wordpress` ? It should just look like this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/a/a622ae1ad0a1935bd19cfc139c2ed3cabb58d925.png)

And yes, the `wp-config.php` is set up to use `devkinsta_db` instead of localhost by default.

A clean install should just work out of the box, unless there are some permissions issues going on (among other things).

As for the performance, it’s a known issue with Docker/WSL2. Devkinsta will currently always be more performant if you use Docker Desktop with Hyper-V instead of WSL2. We’ve been researching ways to move the site files out of the Windows filesystem to get around this. There’s a similar issue with Mac: [Website Interactivity is Slow - #65 by Kevin](https://community.kinsta.com/t/website-interactivity-is-slow/293/65)

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