xlsx files are being interpreted as zip files on download, why?
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Mar 15, 20269882 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Background: For some reason, whenever a user tries to open an xslx (excel 2007) file from our intranet using MSIE, the file download dialog interprets it as a "zip" file. Admittedly, xslx files really are zip files, but we don't want that behavior. Just open in Excel, please. Question: Firefox, OTO…
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You can indeed fix this in Apache's configuration. Add the following lines (and ensure that mod_mime is enabled): This will ensure that Apache sends the appropriate MIME type to the client, and IE will understand that the files are Office documents …
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