HTML Help Files (.chm)

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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" />
 
"Lorraine" <NoSpam@NoSpam.cof> 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.
 
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:54:11 +0100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com>
wrote:

>
>"Lorraine" <NoSpam@NoSpam.cof> wrote in message
>news:p83am35h8jtg6r71npfgedlukbcu3j0o38@4ax.com...
>> 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
 
"Lorraine" <NoSpam@NoSpam.cof> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:54:11 +0100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Lorraine" <NoSpam@NoSpam.cof> wrote in message
>>news:p83am35h8jtg6r71npfgedlukbcu3j0o38@4ax.com...
>>> 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
 
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:00:53 +0100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com>
wrote:

> 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
>


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
 
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:00:53 +0100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com>
wrote:

>
>"Lorraine" <NoSpam@NoSpam.cof> wrote in message
>news:4g6am3lhkjb6bevganacpdb2desueqdabn@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:54:11 +0100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Lorraine" <NoSpam@NoSpam.cof> wrote in message
>>>news:p83am35h8jtg6r71npfgedlukbcu3j0o38@4ax.com...
>>>> 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" />

>
>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
 
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