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[tg272]

I continue to get a hhc, help contents file not found in the decompiled folder, error.

I cannot open any of my .chm files normally. I am told that this has to do with a Windows Security patch, but what gives?

Bart

[HughB]

Hi,

Could you please open a support job and pass a copy of your CHM files and we'll investigate.

Open the call here - https://my.swishzone...rt.asp?redir=no

Please tell us which WinOS you are using and other relevant PC setup details.

thanks,

Hugh

[tg272]

HughB, on Mar 13 2007, 09:10 PM, said:

Hi,

Could you please open a support job and pass a copy of your CHM files and we'll investigate.

Open the call here - https://my.swishzone...rt.asp?redir=no

Please tell us which WinOS you are using and other relevant PC setup details.

thanks,

Hugh

Thanks, Hugh, but actually this happens with ALL .chm files on this computer. I have another computer sitting right next to it...same OS, everything. But this computer's missing something native to the OS, not SWISH Guide. I'd like to reinstall SWISH Guide on the other computer and see how it works. AAMOF, I had the beta installed on this computer at one time and it worked fine. So for whatever reason, WindowsXP SP2 isn't able to use or is missing the MS HTML Help Reader or whatever it's called.

[David Petley]

tg272, on Mar 14 2007, 03:19 PM, said:

Thanks, Hugh, but actually this happens with ALL .chm files on this computer. I have another computer sitting right next to it...same OS, everything. But this computer's missing something native to the OS, not SWISH Guide. I'd like to reinstall SWISH Guide on the other computer and see how it works. AAMOF, I had the beta installed on this computer at one time and it worked fine. So for whatever reason, WindowsXP SP2 isn't able to use or is missing the MS HTML Help Reader or whatever it's called.

I don't have a problem with .chm files with that OS.

This link might offer some answers - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896358

There is also a diagnostic tool here - http://helpware.net/...s/index.htm#MJs

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MJ's Diagnostics is a small utility that reports if all the HTML Help runtime DLLs are installed and registered correctly. If a DLL is not registered then it will ask if you want to register it. It also checks the RoboHelp DLL (HHActiveX.dll) and MS Help 2 DLLs

davidp

[tg272]

David Petley, on Mar 14 2007, 12:45 AM, said:

I don't have a problem with .chm files with that OS.

davidp

Hi, David -

No I don't have a problem, per se, with the OS either (I have two other computers that have no problems displaying chm's) just the one. HOWEVER, I talked to my friend, one of the top techs at Alienware, and he gave me the fix...which was VERY simple and involved re-registering a service:

From the command line, type and run:

regsvr32 itss

SWISH Guide now works flawlessly and the OS opens up my chms on this local machine just fine. However, it's my understanding that it won't open up chm files that are on the network as a result of SP2 security updates.

[Jon Herron]

Hi Bart,

I think you are correct.
Security fixes prevent all .chm that exist on a network drive from being opened.

Regards,

Jon