# Open .shtml files

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/open-shtml-files/948>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Created:** [May 22, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/open-shtml-files/948 "2017-05-22T16:15:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![mrsmith71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@mrsmith71](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/mrsmith71)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/open-shtml-files/948/1 "2017-05-22T16:15:46Z")

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Pinegrow will open .shtml files if I do it through the File menu. But if I click on the file from the “Recent Files & Projects” list on the opening screen an error alert box appears saying it cannot open this type of file. Not a big deal, but it seems wrong.