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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: (unknown) 2.5.6
PHP version: (unknown) 5.3.14 (restore system) 5.4.4 (source)
MySQL version: (unknown) 5.1.36 (restore DB) 5.0.96 (source)
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)
Akeeba Backup version which took the backup: (unknown) 3.6.0
Kickstart version used to extract the backup: (unknown) 3.5.2

Description of my issue:
I have a backup taken with 3.6.0 and have tried to restore it.
The restore proceeds successfully and gets to the stage where you have the display providing access to the back end or front end. Just prior to this stage a new tag/window is opened which shows the front end of the site, indicating that the restore has gone OK. Also opening a new tab and going to the back end, you can log in and shows it is installed OK.

However clicking on either of the screen icons in the original tab after the cleanup immediately shows it wants to download the index.php file,in both the front end and the back end. The screen shot shows this.

It also stops the normal access in the already open (and formally working windows) from working since they also want to now download the index.html file.

No errors shown or indicated.

I am investigating further and will update with any additional information I find.

I have repeated this so it is consistent at least. Happens in both Chrome and Firefox so is not browser related. Installation directory is removed successfully.

All pro versions being used.

After the installation directory is removed (successfully) the front end display screen is displayed and the site navigation is OK. Similarly opening a new window to the back end looks fine.

The problem seems to occur after the 'Cleanup Screen' is show and invoked, so I suspect that the cleanup is going astray somewhere. Closing the 'Cleanup' window without pressing the button leaves me with a working system so I have a work around, so it is not a high priority issue for me.

Hope that helps.

Spot on (as usual). There was an AddHandler line in the .htaccess file.
I had to add the AddHandler on my live site to get the correct PHP (5.4.4) version.
Only small note is that until the restore is complete, one doesn't have the .htaccess file present in the file system to enable one to remove the offending line. Guess one has to jump in via a new session to edit the offending file immediately after running the cleanup and change it before trying to use any access to the (new) site web pages.