# Install and enable the fileinfo extension
**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/install-and-enable-the-fileinfo-extension/3398
**Category:** Product Support
**Created:** [February 5, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/install-and-enable-the-fileinfo-extension/3398 "2016-02-05T17:46:48Z")
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### Author:  [@vallef](https://forum.mautic.org/u/vallef)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/install-and-enable-the-fileinfo-extension/3398/1 "2016-02-05T17:46:48Z")
I tried installing Mautic on my local server (Xampp v 3.2.2.) And the following error appeared: Install and enable the fileinfo extension.
How to install this extension and activate it?
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### Author:  [@vallef](https://forum.mautic.org/u/vallef)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/install-and-enable-the-fileinfo-extension/3398/2 "2016-02-05T17:46:48Z")
I tried installing Mautic on my local server (Xampp v 3.2.2.) And the following error appeared: Install and enable the fileinfo extension.
How to install this extension and activate it?
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### Author:  [@vln104](https://forum.mautic.org/u/vln104)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2016, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/install-and-enable-the-fileinfo-extension/3398/3 "2016-02-06T09:06:46Z")
I think the latest xampp comes with php 5.6. The extension would likely be there by default and not enabled. Can you check your php.ini file and see if there’s a line like below commented out? If so, remove the leading ; and save then restart apache
Extension=Php\_fileinfo.dll