Why shtml.exe comes in url

Question

I have found shtml.exe in my localhost URL.Url is : localhost/germain/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/reservations.htm.

When i enterd this url the page shows a 403 error.

But in the case of live site it works fine.Look this link : http://www.germainesluau.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/reservations.htm

is there any settings have to change in htaccess?

Please give me an advise?

Answer 1

The live server has FrontPage extensions installed.

# curl -I http://www.germainesluau.com/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/reservations.htm
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:57:04 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Unix) FrontPage/5.0.2.2635
Content-Length: 18680
Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252

Your local system, presumably, does not. It looks like you can get them from here.

Personally, I'd rewrite the site to avoid them. They aren't a common tool for server side logic these days. (I don't remember seeing anyone else use this this century).