The other day I installed Vista Service Pack 1 on my machine and had no real issues until today. While the problem I just had is not serious it is worth documenting.
Opening CHM file
Today I needed to read some parts of a CHM file I downloaded directly from MSDN and the content would not display, here is a screenshot:
The address is not valid
The error in the sceenshot puzzled me, so I started to think what had changed as not too long ago this same CHM file opened for me just fine. I then realized I had installed SP1 since then and perhaps something had changed.
A quick search revealed a knowledge base article with the following suggestion that resolved the issue for me:
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.
My best theory is that Vista SP1 added this new "block/unblock" security enhancement for CHM files downloaded from untrusted sources such as the Internet.
I hope this post helps save someone time in the future, good luck friends.
4 comments:
Thanks!! This was driving me crazy.
Everything I can help someone avoid frustration I am glad to help :).
Thanks a lot!
Glad this helped, thank you for taking the time to reply!
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