XAMPP Access to the requested directory is only available from the local network.

I searched a lot about this issue and found the simplest solution:

Mark the like "Deny from all" as a comment at the <LocationMatch attribute present at the end of the file (C:\XAMPP\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf)

Subsequently i added into my verified list of solutions at http://itswadesh.wordpress.com