Posted by Dave Nash on 01/13/07 09:25

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:54:37 GMT, "long eddy" <eddy@nospamplease.com>
wrote:

>Hello all,
>I can't open a .php file using using Windows 98.
>
>My steps:
>
>Start/
>Progarms/
>Notepad/
>
>Notepad opens and I type in the following:
>
><? phpinfo(); ?>
>
>I save it as:
>
>info.php
>
>not as a text file but in all files in My Documents.
>
>Close it.
>
>Reopen My Documents and I find the file not as a notepad icon as info.php -
>but as a *windows* icon named info.php. However, I cannot open the file it
>will give me then Open or Open With...command.
>
>Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank you.
>Eddy
>
>
>
>


Are you able to see a file extension for this file when you view in
your MY_DOCS

If not Open Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer)
Go to Tools > Folder Options
Click on the View Tab
Under Advanced Settings.
Scroll Down and make sure you havent checked the "Hide Extensions for
Known file types"

David.

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