Is it possible to create php programs and view them if my operating system is DOS, not unix?

Whether I create a DocumentRoot of C:\public_html, or C:/public_html, in my httpd.conf file, the result is:

When go to my "localhost" page, I see:

Index of /
simple.php
simple2.php

but when I try to click either of the above links they fail.

Is there a way around this? I believe it occurs since DOS uses "\" as its seperator, not "/" as in UNIX. I am using the latest versions of the Apache server and of PHP.

Thank You,
Robert Kruck