in reply to Why can I not acess files outside cgi-bin directory?

Not that it will help your problem, but you might try 
$filename = C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\projects\Generate_Conc_xls\test.txt';
as it is much easier to read.

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