Problem: Today one of my team member is getting a issue with the HTML files that is present in a SharePoint document library. His requirement was to click the page (page.html) link and open the same HTML file in browser but when he click to html page link a prompt comes asking for download the file. Resolution It is a new security setting in SharePoint 2010. This is the procedure how to change the default behavior: Go to Central Administration Select Manage web applications Select the web application you want to modify In the Ribbon, click the General Settings button and select General Settings from the drop down menu In the section Browser file handling, select Permissive instead of Strict . Conclusion You can specify whether additional security headers are added to documents that are served to Web browsers. These security headers specify that a browser shows a download prompt for certain types of files (for example, .html), and to use the server's specifi...
