Files installed, but can't move forward

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Installation of Beta 25 completed offering a link to admincp resulting in:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /vb5/admincp/ on this server.

If I change address to ..vb5/core/admincp I can get to the admin panel, but VB not functioning correctly, fails to create auth or user files.

I have seen comments requiring .htaccess, but I do not see the file in my download package


thanks
Jim __DEFINE_LIKE_SHARE__