How to get Apache to follow symlink instead of downloading it?

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Published on 2012-10-20T18:25:42Z Indexed on 2012/10/20 23:06 UTC
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I am just using the standard apache config file which mentions that it follows symlinks, but when I hit the url http://localhost/test it downloads the symlink file instead of following it. What config do I need to change to get apache to follow the symlink instead of downloading it?

This is an ls on the directory:

$ ls -al
total 10
drwx------+ 1 SYSTEM  SYSTEM  0 Oct 20 10:55 .
drwx------+ 1 SYSTEM  SYSTEM  0 Aug 26 12:27 ..
-rw-r--r--+ 1 me None   47 Oct 20 10:14 index.html
lrwxrwxrwx  1 me None   29 Oct 19 17:10 test -> /home/me/projects/test

This is in my apache config file:

<Directory "D:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

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