Re: HTML Help Files (.chm)

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"Lorraine" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:54:11 +0100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx>
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"Lorraine" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When i open HTML Help Files (.chm) the text is all un readable, with
lots of Question Marks etc like this :

o??>U?¡r???Oa?sE?j?oAav?NnL?ae?i^nli^kTi^jL?¦ld¦?a??jL?Bn¦?l?-¬?
j?nloGN?lD,,B^LlD?j?oLh+E?^nnkiBB?n??ko?k?Lo??knoUlH??o-?oQi
BB?n??kok?<NB?n?dyl?k¦¦?n?oB

If i right click and View Source in Notepad the text is normal and
correct.

I think it is something to do with the Charset, but iam not sure how
or why ?


<meta name="generator" content="Help &amp; Manual" />
<meta name="keywords" content="Welcome to FairBot!" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=Windows-1251" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" />
<link type="text/css" href="default.css" rel="stylesheet" />

What application do you use to open your .chm files with?
It's supposed to be hh.exe.



Hi,
Thanks for the reply.

When i double click the help file, hh.exe is listed in the Task
Manager.

Microsoft® HTML Help Executable.
Version: 5.2.3790.2453.



Regards

Lorraine

I would try the direct approach to ensure that both hh.exe and
the .chm help file are the ones you think they are:
- Click Start / Run
- Type this into the Run box:
c:\windows\hh.exe c:\windows\help\addremov.chm

If this still produces garbage then you could try some or all
of these options:
- Use System Restore to return Windows to a previous condition.
- Using Explorer, right click the file c:\windows\inf\pchealth.inf,
then select "Install".
- Check out these links:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/fix_windows_xp_help.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896358
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896054


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