# Static HTML file; error message, "This type of file can't be edited in Pinegrow"?
**URL:** https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/static-html-file-error-message-this-type-of-file-cant-be-edited-in-pinegrow/4217
**Category:** Beginners
**Created:** [June 9, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/static-html-file-error-message-this-type-of-file-cant-be-edited-in-pinegrow/4217 "2020-06-09T02:13:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@tekreativ](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/tekreativ)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/static-html-file-error-message-this-type-of-file-cant-be-edited-in-pinegrow/4217/1 "2020-06-09T02:13:00Z")
I’m an occasional PG user and haven’t touched it in about a year. I let my one-time license lapse.
A search of the forum (native and Google) proves fruitless.
**I’m trying to open an HTML file that was not created in Pinegrow. How do I fix it?**
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### Author:  [@RobM](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/RobM)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/static-html-file-error-message-this-type-of-file-cant-be-edited-in-pinegrow/4217/2 "2020-06-09T09:21:01Z")
Does it have a .html extension? Not really sure what else would cause this.
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### Author:  [@tekreativ](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/tekreativ)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/static-html-file-error-message-this-type-of-file-cant-be-edited-in-pinegrow/4217/3 "2020-06-10T04:09:04Z")
Thanks for your reply. Yes, it does have an HTML extension. Would it matter which OS it was registered under? I was using Linux when I first purchased it and a new laptop has NVIDIA graphics and Killer Wi-Fi–so I’m doing a term in Windows hell. Pinegrow Windows accepts my license code so it appears to be fine.
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### Author:  [@RobM](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/RobM)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/static-html-file-error-message-this-type-of-file-cant-be-edited-in-pinegrow/4217/4 "2020-06-10T11:36:42Z")
If you feel comfortable sending me the file/giving access I can check it out. The OS shouldn’t matter. [robert@springhilldesign.net](mailto:robert@springhilldesign.net)
Bob
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### Author:  [@Mr.Brad](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Mr.Brad)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/static-html-file-error-message-this-type-of-file-cant-be-edited-in-pinegrow/4217/5 "2020-06-11T16:20:15Z")
I had this exact issue when I first installed PG. The page I was trying to open had some antiquated code I had to get rid of - I don’t recall exactly but it might have been Spry-related, and then PG was able to open it. Anyway I believe this was corrected in later updates, I haven’t had this trouble recently.