Figured it out (with much thanks to a Neowin forum user), in my folder options, the box that you tick two hide file extensions was ticked, so even though squid.conf looked like just squid.conf... it was actually being saved as squid.conf.txt. So therein lied the confusion and I now feel very silly. Silly but happy.. cause my squids now happily running away. -----Original Message----- From: Guido Serassio [mailto:guido.serassio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 22 August 2006 16:38 To: eflynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: SquidNT cache directory setup issues Hi, At 16.33 22/08/2006, Emily Flynn wrote: >I tried copying the config files from the other server across the network, >but as soon as I save them to the C:\ on main server, the .defaults get >dropped...?!! > >I haven't even gotten as far as editing my squid.conf file yet, but it still >says it cannot open/read it, even though it's there. > >SO, any suggestions.....?????? If there is any antivirus software running on your server, try disabling it. Regards Guido - ======================================================== Guido Serassio Acme Consulting S.r.l. - Microsoft Certified Partner Via Lucia Savarino, 1 10098 - Rivoli (TO) - ITALY Tel. : +39.011.9530135 Fax. : +39.011.9781115 Email: guido.serassio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.acmeconsulting.it/