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Mime Types for Office 2007 documents and IIS

http://www.bram.us/2007/05/25/office-2007-mime-types-for-iis/ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee309278(v=office.12).aspx up vote 27 down vote accepted Yes, it's just an IIS setting: by default,  it will only serve files for which the extension matches a defined MIME type . To allow .docx files to be downloaded, follow the steps from the KB article linked above: Open the IIS Microsoft Management Console (MMC), right-click the local computer name, and then click Properties. Click MIME Types. Click New. In the Extension box, type the file name extension that you want (in this case, .docx). In the MIME Type box, type application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document  (thanks to @web developer for pointing out this MIME type, which supercedes the 'application/msword' from my original answer). Apply the new settings. Note that you must restart the World Wide Web Publishing Service or wait for the worker process to recycle for t...
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PARAPROSDOKIANS

PARAPROSDOKIANS:  Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation. "Where   there's a will, I want to be in it," is a type of  paraprosdokian .        1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.        2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.        3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.       4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.       5. We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.       6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.       7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit...
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