Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off

Watch that the directory where your web application is living, is not included in another parent directory which has restricted FollowSymLinks.

The solution is to enable FollowSymLinks at the top directory (parent directory) or move your web application to a directory outside of the scope of the “no FollowSymLinks” in parent directory.

For example, the next apache config could be a problem and surely it reproduces the problem:

    <VirtualHost *:80>
      ...  
      <Directory "D:/">
        Options Indexes
      </Directory>

      <Directory "D:/mywebfolder/">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
      </Directory>
      ...
   </VirtualHost>

To avoid this problem:

    <VirtualHost *:80>
      ...  
      <Directory "D:/">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
      </Directory>
      ...
      ...
   </VirtualHost>

Or move your D:/mywebfolder/ to another unit e.g. E:/mywebfolder