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Hi,

Thanks in advance for your help. I installed XAMPP 5.6.15, localhost on Microsoft Edge showed the welcome page but was not able to get a simple PHP script to run.

I have Windows 10 and got a message that UAC would not allow some aspects to work.

The script was:

<?php
echo "<h1>Hello World!</h1>"
?>

Browser opens, closes, and shows me a download page for IE.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks again,

Eric

What is the name if the script, where is it stored (full pathname) and how do you open it (what do you enter in your browser)?

Good questions! You got right to the heart of the problem, which I discovered as I read through the FAQ.

The reason that it did not work was that I did not store the script in htdocs. Once I did, I entered http://localhost.filename.php into the browser and the script ran.

I think that the UAC messages during installation convinced me that I would have problems.

Thanks for your help!

Eric