alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .ASP

File description

The ASP file extension stands for the Active Server Page. These files comprise of the ASP file type that consists of the scripts which are useful in generating the HTML pages. It is that when your browser requests for an ASP page, the server is going to generate the content and will be displayed to the user in the web browser. The pages does not just download the requested page, but has been built by the server at the request of the particular user.

The sites that are hosted on the Microsoft IIS servers normally make use of the ASP file formats.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .ASP file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .ASP extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .ASP file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .ASP file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Category

Web Files

Developer

Microsoft

Popularity

File name: Active Server Page

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

Adobe Fireworks

ASP.NET

EditPlus

Firefox

Google Chrome

Internet Explorer

Microsoft Internet Information Services

Microsoft Windows NotePad

NotePad++

Opera browser

Safari for Microsoft Windows

Text editor

Visual Studio

Visual Web Developer

Web browser

Mac OS

Coda

Safari

Text editor

TextEdit

Web browser

Linux

gedit

GNU Emacs

Konqueror

Remember!

The .ASP file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .ASP extension, you will probably find most of them at this website. Remember that you need to download a program to support a particular file type. So first look through the entire contents of the website to select a program to support just the file you have.

Other possible reasons why your .ASP file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .ASP file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .ASP file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .ASP file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .ASP file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .ASP file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.