What I have to write to the .htaccess file so that the visitors will be able to download .docx files?
.docx issue in Apache servers
.htaccessapache-2.2mime
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Best Answer
Sounds like a browser configuration problem. Make sure your browser is configured to download files of the appropriate content type rather than trying to display them.
Also, you could try adding the
Content-Dispositionheader, which can be done with theHeaderdirective in Apache: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_headers.html#header Here's one explanation of how to use the header: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260519