Questions tagged [chm]
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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