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The Compiled HTML Help format is a help file format used by many Windows applications.

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Transfer a .zipped .CHM file still make it unreadable

I create a .CHM file on a online computer at vagon.io, and then transfer it to my local computer. But when opening it, I get "Unknown Publisher" error and the page contents are blank. I find ...
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Windows CMD - Is there any way of getting the plain text from a compiled CHM help file and/or a PDF?

I have a build chain based on Windows batch and Python files. As part of the build, there are variables that are determined and are then communicated to the application CHM help compiler and PDF ...
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Where is the Microsoft HTML (CHM) Help Viewer stored? [duplicate]

Sometime ago I messed with opening chm files. I set a pdf viewer as the default app for viewing chm files and now I want the Microsoft HTML help Viewer to be set as default chm viewer. The problem is ...
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How to convert chm to doc/pdf [closed]

I want to know how I can convert a chm file into a doc (or alternatively a searchable pdf). After trying the online services as well as Calibre without luck. I am using windows 7.
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How do I make an existing .chm file searchable?

I have downloaded a .chm file that is a basic python help file. When I open it using Sumatra, it does not have the search bar that has always been there for other documents. Is there anything I can do ...
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windows 7 cannot open chm files anymore

This is not a duplicate from How to Unblock Previously Unblocked CHM File In my case, the chm file is not on a network drive, it is on a local folder, it has opened in the past without problems, the ...
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Can't install htmlhelp.exe (HTML Help Workshop) because of error on Windows 10 [duplicate]

When I download HTML Help Workshop from Microsoft, the first part is a success, but after 2 boxes this appears: Error creating process C:\Users\AWAKE_~1\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TIMP\setup....
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How to make large .chm file?

My HTML pages are up to 500MB and with images up to 2GB. I tried the MS' HTML Help Workshop, but its generated chm file is up to only 60MB size. I also tried KEL chm Creator, chmProcessor and ...
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What can cause images to not show in HTML Help (chm files) if UAC is Enabled?

On a computer running Windows 7 Embedded Standard (SP1), 64 bit, I am not able to view images in any chm files unless UAC is turned completely off. All of the images are replaced with a small black ...
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To use GPU computation with hh.exe

I would like to improve the search speed in my CHM documents in Windows 10 by GPU computation (etc NVIDIA 970): for visualizing the search matches in many views I cannot agree with the comment that ...
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How can you use CHM files well in Chromebook?

I need CHM files for my research work because of their better search capabilities than PDF. I have not found any way to read CHM (Compiled HTML) files on a Chromebook. They are the faster way to read ...
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Auto-Compare Archives Beyond Compare 4

I am using Beyond Compare 4 to compare two folders. One folder contains the actual output from a script I wrote and the other one contains the expected output. The thing is that those two folders ...
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Windows 10 does not search for Help files (CHM)

There was a feature in Windows 8 I liked very much: possibility to find a help file using the system search. I mean the search that is invoked when you press the Win key and start typing the thing you ...
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Calibre's CHM conversion from PDF

I am trying to convert PDF to CHM. However, I see only these fileformats in the output dialog: Nothing of these is CHM. However, some may be similar. HTMLZ I did a conversion to HTMLZ which ...
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Disable the security warning "Do you want to open this file? - Unknown Publisher" for a specific filetype

I always get the annoying warning below when opening PDF files. Can I avoid this (for *.pdf)? I use PDFlite as my default PDF reader.
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.chm editor which can merge a lot of referenced files

Very rarely do I ever work on something like this, so maybe it will be better if I first explain what I have and what I want to accomplish, before asking for your help. I have a lot of .chm files (...
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How to automatically reopen a CHM file at the last reading position?

There is a wealth of information packed inside .CHM files (HTML help), many books have been published as CHM files. However, it is difficult to read CHM files like a book, because when I reopen the ...
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Best way to offer help documentation [closed]

One of my client has a software and he wants to attach help documentation to this software. I am a web developer and do not usually deal with stuff like this. The documentation will be linked through ...
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HTMLHelp uses not Tahoma even when HTML page specifies tahoma

Some HTML pages placed into CHM file. Firefox displays them ok with Tahoma font (HTML have Tahoma specified for entire file). But CHM file shows not Tahoma font (maybe it shows Arial, not sure). ...
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Splitting a large chm file

I am having a large chm file, over 40 MB available here. I want to read this file in my Android mobile, there are some chm reader apps available which I am using for this purpose. But none of them ...
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CHM refuses to open from some folders

Hopefully you have a Windows OS on which you can open .chm files correctly. Let's say you have a file called A.chm that opens correctly Now create a folder called f.column Copy A.chm to f.column ...
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Windows CHM file only displays images for Administrator

I installed some software on my Windows 2000 machine. The software has a user manual in .CHM format. When I view the manual while logged in as Administrator, everything looks fine. The manual has ...
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How to unblock chm files - unblock button is missing

I downloaded a CHM file. When I double click it it prompts me to open / save / cancel. Whether I open or save a new copy, the 'new' version will prompt the same open / save / cancel popup ad infinitum....
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Unblocked CHM file works on Windows but not on Linux

I downloaded a .chm file and found that all the content pages are displayed blank. In Windows, I selected privacy tab in Properties and clicked the unblock button. Now I can see the CHM file contents. ...
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CHM files not opening from an executable on a network share

I have an application that resides on a network share that all the users in my office use. They have shortcuts on their desktops pointing to this software and all is honky-dory. When you want to open ...
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Page cannot be displayed CHM / Compiled HTML Help Files

I've started getting "Page Not Found" errors for no apparent reason when trying to view compiled html help files, for some reason (image below). I've seen this thread, of which none of the answers ...
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How to Unblock Previously Unblocked CHM File

Wierd? Anyway, on Windows 7, I've downloaded a CHM file on the desktop and unblocked it by Property > Unblock. I moved the CHM file to a folder on the desktop to organize the files, and when I ...
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CHM files won't open in a certain folder

On Windows 7 I'm unable to open any local CHM files in a folder called Local.Ebooks.CHMs. I tried modifying the registry, but nothing helped. How can I open these CHM files successfully?
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Error reading a .chm file

I have a .chm file. On one desktop computer (Windows 7) it works fine; on another computer with the same OS, it shows the following error on the same file: Navigation to the webpage was canceled ...
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CHM e-book cover extraction

I would like to extract a "book cover image" from a series of CHM files, which command line tool can do that, please? I have looked at the source of the QuickLook plug-in "quickchm1.1_source" and at ...
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Opening CHM files on Mac OS X Lion, says PowerPC applications are not supported

I used to be able to open CHM files. Now when I try, I get a message saying: Can't open … because PowerPC applications are no longer supported Is there anything free that I can use that will open ...
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How do I print ENTIRE chm document with Windows Help viewer?

How do I print whole chm document with Windows Help viewer at once? Unfortunately it only allows to print currently selected chapter. I have 38 of them :/
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How to convert an CHM file into a single HTML file?

I have tried many different CHM-to-HTML utilities, but I am having a difficult time finding one that is able to produce a single HTML file. I can decompile a CHM file using hh.exe, but I don't know ...
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Looking for software that will batch convert a folder tree containing CHM files in different folders to EPUB [closed]

I have a folder tree with varying folder levels and within each folder are a number of CHM files (Compiled HTML files). I would like a tool to batch convert all of these to EPUB (book) by just ...
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How to disable script errors in CHM. (Windows Help Format)

Recently I requested for the Android Documentation in CHM format on stackoverflow, the dude helped and did a conversion of the HTML data to a CHM format. However each page has some sort of script ...
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What is mk:@MSITStore?

I have a chm file of the Book Java and XML, 3rd Edition and a section looks like this: With the DOMSerializer class complete, all that's left is to invoke the serializer's serialize( ) method in ...
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File-size limits for CHM (HTML Help format) files?

We are using Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop, specifically hhc.exe, to assemble a CHM file containing HTML-formatted documentation. Officially there is no limit on the size of a CHM file, but as our ...
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CHM files broken on a new Windows 7 installation

When I try and browse CHM files on my new Windows 7 Home Premium installation, every page gives me the following error: Navigation to the webpage was canceled What you can try: Retype the address ...
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Unable to view content of CHM file in Windows help viewer

I have CHM file that always displays the same error: "Navigation to the webpage was canceled" All nodes have the same error. What can I do to fix it? I am running Windows XP SP3 w/Internet Explorer ...
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PDF/CHM library manager software

I'm looking for software to help me organize/manage my collection of technical .pdfs (and older .chm) files. If it can handle other formats thats fine, though at bare minimum it should handle pdfs. ...
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Can't read .CHM file in specific folder

I have installed WiX# on my Windows 7 (64 bit) operation system. I chose the folder name C:\Users...\WiX#\ for all files. Unfortunately I can't open the .CHM file. I get an error message This ...
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.chm creator for Mac?

I'm trying to create a .chm file on a Mac, but can't seem to find an application to do it. Are there any .chm creators for OS X?
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Updating CHM files

My new client has his database schema as CHM file. As part of a release, we are supposed to update the CHM files. Any idea as to how to update the CHM file? EDIT I am just asking for the tools ...
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is there any free software which can be used to generate .exe format Ebook? [closed]

Please advice a good software to generate .exe format Ebook /(or chm format)
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Can't a chm file be opened on network-drive?

I have a chm file. The file opens well on my local machine. But on network-drive connected SMB or SAMBA, it doesn't work. Why? It just shows "Navigation to the webpage was canceled" in right pane.
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CHM Reader for Mac OS X?

What are my options for a viewer for Microsoft Help "CHM" (aka Compiled HTML) files on Mac OS X? I'd like to use a more recent program than Chmox, which was last updated on February 5th, 2005.
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CHM to EPUB Converter [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Software to convert CHM files to EPUB/Kindle I recently bought an iriver ebook reader but it doesn't support chm files. I have bought a bunch of O'Reilly books and with them ...
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Downloaded chm is blocked, is there a solution?

CHM files that are downloaded are often tagged as potentially malicious by Windows, which effectively blocks all the html pages inside of it. There's an easy fix (just unblock the file after you ...
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What's a good CHM file viewer for (Fedora) Linux?

I installed GnoCHM and it keeps on crashing on my Fedora installation so I'm looking for better alternatives. Please only suggest those that you've used.
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Export Open Office doc to CHM

I am creating help for my program in Open Office Writer. Help has link, image, text. How can I export OOWriter file to chm? I tied to use standart export, but I had bad result. I need export with ...
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