I just downloaded the latest extJS 2.0.1 zip file and unzipped it into a web folder.

When I went to go look at the examples I got a “403 Forbidden” error from Apache. I figured it must have been some odd security setting on the files. So I compared the security settings on the files that got a 403 to other files on my laptop that Apache served just fine. Unfortunately the same Windows users had the same permissions.

I even went so far as to ask Nat what in the world was going on. He basically told me he wasn’t smart enough to know the answer. Well not in so many words. I think he ended the conversation with something like “It has to be F#$!ing Vista. F%!@ Vista!” Or something like that.

Anyway I kept digging around. What it turned out to be was that for some reason the files were encrypted. If you right click a file or folder click on advanced you’ll see if it’s encrypted or not. Once I unencrypted the files they worked just fine. Here is a site to turn off file encryption completely.

-Steve Nelson