HTML Help Files (.chm)

[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" />

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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.

 

[Lorraine]

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

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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

 

[Lorraine]

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

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

 

[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

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