Your view folder path does not appear to be set correctly. Please open the following

how is it even possible, i downloaded a fresh copy of codeigniter, my last ci3 project working fine :/ error Your view folder path does not appear to be set correctly. Please open the following file and correct this: index.php

Did you mix CI2 with C3 together?

I'm also getting the exact same error on a fresh install of Codeigniter 3.
What could be the problem here?

For my installation, I am setting up CI on a subdirectory and the only change I have made is to set the $config['base_url']

check permissions of views folder and compare it to index.php

I had this problem tomorrow, with a fresh new CI install, latest 3.0 release.
It happens only in unix/linux environments. I solved it by:

1. set the project folder permission to 755. Eg. sudo chmod 755 /var/www/myCIproject/
2. sudo find /var/www/myCIproject/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

The last line searchs for every folder inside myCIproject (including application/views/) folder and chmods 755
I know it is a dirty solution, but it worked fine for me

Enrique
https://beza.com.ar

I had this problem tomorrow, with a fresh new CI install, latest 3.0 release.
It happens only in unix/linux environments. I solved it by:

1. set the project folder permission to 755. Eg. sudo chmod 755 /var/www/myCIproject/
2. sudo find /var/www/myCIproject/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

The last line searchs for every folder inside myCIproject (including application/views/) folder and chmods 755
I know it is a dirty solution, but it worked fine for me

This works for me also !!!