My problem is a simple on, but I haven’t found a solution yet. I have a folder that contains uploaded resumes stored in pdf, doc, and docx formats. The admin backend page shows links to the resumes for each user. If a link to a pdf or doc is clicked the file is downloaded/opened, but if a link to a docx is clicked a 404 error page is shown and if you save the file to your desktop and open word says it is corrupted and cannot be opened. All files can be opened on the web server.
Rather than using code to download files, my links look like: http://www.site.com/test/resume/John_Doe_Resume.docx
I’m sure there is an easy fix. Has anyone else run into this problem?
Make sure .docx has been set up in IIS’s list of MIME-types:
Configure MIME Types (IIS 6.0)
IIS (7 too for that matter) will give a 404 error if it doesn’t know the MIME-type that corresponds to the file extension. If it’s not there (and it isn’t by default in IIS 6), add .docx with a MIME-type of