template suggestion not working (page--front.tpl.php) in windows 7 env I do my development in a windows 7 env. Using XAMPP to run D7 and supporting apps.

I am giving the template suggestion of page--front.tpl.php for my D7 theme. For whatever reason the file doesn't seem to be getting recognized by D7. I pushed my code to my development server (linux) and page--front.tpl.php is picked up without issue. 

has anyone seen this behavior? I can't lock down what is happening here.
I've seen this happen when there is another page--front.tpl.php lurking around in your directory structure and it is being picked up and used instead of the one you are looking at.  And, if that one is a copy of page.tpl.php, it will appear that it isn't being picked up. So, I'd look around and make sure you don't have one anywhere in your theme directory as Drupal will recurse through the entire tree looking for templates.  Another edge case is permissions so make sure it is readable to the world.  If all else fails, strangling the pc with the mouse brings some level of relief and entertainment :)