403 forbidden

[sublime19]

403 forbidden
You don't have permission to access /store/ on this server

installed zen cart 2 days ago. Configured it yesterday. Made a backup of basic configuration / setup.

today start installing plugins.

install 7 sucessfully (add customers from admin, admin activity report, admin catagory products, Admin Login AS Customer 2.0, ask 1.8, search log, super orders, supertracker) then install admin profiles 1.0.7. Now i cannot access zencart at all.

I was reading / doing more than just installing this at the same time so i figured i messed up somewhere. setting up .htaccess << which i removed when it stopped working.

I uninstalled it.
deleted the mysql replaced the files it over wrote, reuploaded original files.
still 403

i don't think this makes sense. So i try to recover from my basic setup / config using my server backup. Still 403 forbidden.

I delete the installation of zen cart. delete the mysql database. Reinstall zen cart. same information. still 403

I installed a new copy of zen cart, different location, same server, different user information, new mysql database. Still 403 forbidden.

contacted my host (hostgator) "they are looking into it". I would like to be able to fix this sometime today. Any input would be appreciated.

[sublime19]

Ignore this message, i renamed my .htaccess but it did not update on the server.