HTML Help Files (.chm)

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Lorraine

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" />
 
Lorraine said:
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" />
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What application do you use to open your .chm files with?
It's supposed to be hh.exe.
 
What application do you use to open your .chm files with?
It's supposed to be hh.exe.
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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
 
Lorraine said:
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
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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
 
Hi,

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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None of the above worked :-(

One thing i have found though, in Iexplorer, when i try to change the
Page Encoding to Western European(Windows) or *anything* else it just
stays on Unicode (UTF-8) .

So why wont it change to any other encoding ?



Regards

Lorraine
 
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
Click to expand...



Any other ideas ?

Where in the registry is the Page Encoding set ?

I want to check why i cant change the encoding in Internet Explorer.



Thanks

Lorraine
 
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