[Kirk Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by PattiOz

I am using XAMPP on localhost: PHP (5.3.1)

Attempting to remove all files and reinstall now

OK just removed everything, reinstalled a new download, same error.

Core settings and Style settings work fine.

Here is the code as it looks in Notepad++

<?
}

print_cp_footer();

/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ##################
|| Ta Da!
|| ################################################## ##################
\*================================================ ======================*/
?>

That file should be 57kb with 1397 line of code in it, are you using a download accelerator, these very often mess files up, if not trying switching browser just for the download, something is going really wrong during download for you.