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Hi, I have just installed XAMPP 1.7.7 on 2 Windows 7 64-bit computers. By checking the statues showing on http://localhost/xampp/ I can see the php service is activated. I ran the installer as an administrator.

But when I try to open a php file in IE, it either asks me to download the php file or open it as a plain text file. The php language is not interpreted. However, this version of XAMPP works perfectly fine on my other Windows XP machines. Can anyone please offer a solution on how to fix the above php problem on Win7 64-bit? Thanks in advance.

What are you typing in your browser's address bar?

Sharley wrote:What are you typing in your browser's address bar?

I was trying to access a local php file stored on my harddrive. It is something like "C:\xampp\test\test.php"

neo3000ultra wrote:I was trying to access a local php file stored on my harddrive. It is something like "C:\xampp\test\test.php"

This is not possible to do as php files have to be parsed by the server.

Try http://localhost/test/test.php

Sharley wrote:

neo3000ultra wrote:I was trying to access a local php file stored on my harddrive. It is something like "C:\xampp\test\test.php"

This is not possible to do as php files have to be parsed by the server.

Try http://localhost/test/test.php

Thanks! It seems working now.