.aspx or .asp file

I cannot open a .aspx or .asp file from localhost
but I can open .php and .html


Can someone tell me why?

You probably haven't enabled asp if you have IIS6.

am using IIS 5.1
how can i enable it?

so you're using XP pro? in such case, it should be started automatically.
first, make sure no program use port 80 - Skype is killing IIS for example.
second, post here full error message(s) you get plus more details.
"cannot open" is way too vague for us.
you installed IIS, right? via Control Panel-->Add/Remove Programs?

yes i did it

no i get this

The XML page cannot be displayed


Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/Warehouse_Services_Operations_Sys...

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>-^

create file called "test.asp" with this exact code:

save it in C:\INETPUB\wwwroot and browse to http://localhost/test.asp
if it works, then you probably gave different extension to your
file, ASP need .asp extension by default.

i saved it as test.aspx and it didnt work



The XML page cannot be displayed Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/test.aspx'. Line 1, Position 2

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>-^

save it as test.asp (without "x" as last letter) and try. and have only
that one line I posted.
that error means the server is trying to parse the file as XML - I prefer to
first check if the server can run ordinary ASP file before checking ASP.NET files.

.asp can be runned
but .aspx gives me this

The XML page cannot be displayed Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/test.aspx'. Line 1, Position 2

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>-^

ok, finally we're going somewhere.
try the following:
Start --> Run --> C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspne t_regiis.exe -i
(without blank space, change the folder if you have different .NET version)
also, what's the full code for test.aspx file?

got this

you probably have .NET 2.0 then.. try this path:
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspn et_regiis.exe -i
also, did you install .NET framework on your computer?

it didnt run got the same error

Yes I have .NET framework 1.1 and 2.0