impossible to view .chm file using Internet Explorer

A

Amunike

Hello Guys

I'm developping a Help System and I put my .chm file inside the IIS Server.
When I try to access a topic instead of showing inside the browser I get a
dialog box asking me to save the file. I've done some reseach and the cause
appears to be this security patch

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902225


However, the procedure they suggest to solve the problem does not seem to be
achievable.

here's what they suggest:

Method 1
1. Double-click the .chm file.
2. In the Open File-Security Warning dialog box, click to clear the Always
ask before opening this file check box.
3. Click Open.
Method 2
1. Right-click the CHM file, and then click Properties.
2. Click Unblock.
3. Double-click the .chm file to open the file.


Let's say I want to go with Method 1:

When I double-click the .chm file there's no Open File-Security Warning
dialog box what so ever!!! So I can't go any further down that road

Now Let 's say I want to try method 2:

When I right click the .chm file, there 's no UNBLOCK option in the
context-menu either


I dont know how to solve this problem, please give me some pointers.

My computer is running Windows XP Pro

THanks for any attention.
 
N

nass

Amunike said:
Hello Guys

I'm developping a Help System and I put my .chm file inside the IIS Server.
When I try to access a topic instead of showing inside the browser I get a
dialog box asking me to save the file. I've done some reseach and the cause
appears to be this security patch

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902225


However, the procedure they suggest to solve the problem does not seem to be
achievable.

here's what they suggest:

Method 1
1. Double-click the .chm file.
2. In the Open File-Security Warning dialog box, click to clear the Always
ask before opening this file check box.
3. Click Open.
Method 2
1. Right-click the CHM file, and then click Properties.
2. Click Unblock.
3. Double-click the .chm file to open the file.


Let's say I want to go with Method 1:

When I double-click the .chm file there's no Open File-Security Warning
dialog box what so ever!!! So I can't go any further down that road

Now Let 's say I want to try method 2:

When I right click the .chm file, there 's no UNBLOCK option in the
context-menu either


I dont know how to solve this problem, please give me some pointers.

My computer is running Windows XP Pro

THanks for any attention.
Click to expand...

Open a run command and register this :
regsvr32 itss
Reboot your machine.

other info here:
<head>
<META name="DownloadOptions" content="noopen">
</head>
what the charset set to?.

CHM Files Not Working
http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/chm_mspatch/896358.htm

http://helpware.net/htmlhelp/hh_diags.htm

http://weblog.helpware.net/?p=50
HHReg v1.2 - HTML Help Registration Utility
http://www.ec-software.com/products_hhreg.html
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20757899.html

HTH.
nass
 

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