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26, 200646 0 0 0 I had couple of .CHM files, specially for C# .NET related stuff and I saw some of the chm files when I open them I see "This page cannot be displayed" error. Finally I figured out that there
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could be two reasons for this: [Option 1 courtesy chan.chawla from the posted comment, how to open chm file on mac adding as the first option to be tried out before going any further] 1. Double click the .chm file. It will open chm file linux open a security dialog. Uncheck "Always ask after opening this file". Alternatively, right click on the file you want to open, click Properties and then click Unblock. This should do the trick. 2. If
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you chm file name or the path contains ‘#' character, just get rid of that and I guess you would be able to start viewing your chm files again. 3. If nothing works, try this. Because of a Microsoft Service Pack, the chm files does not have enough permissions (by default). This case is usually when you try to open .chm files over network. The resolution for this is as
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follows: Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions [If this registry subkey does not exist, create it] Right-click the ItssRestrictions subkey, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. Type MaxAllowedZone, and then press Enter. Right-click the MaxAllowedZone value, and then click Modify. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK. Quit Registry Editor. For more information check http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896358. 4. One more reason provided for unable to open chm files [courtesy colin.cole] Any chm file that is in a folder named *.col* will not open. Example paths that will cause this error: c:\asdf.col\TFSInstall.chm c:\documents and settings\john.coltrane\desktop\TFSInstall.chm Solution: Move file somewhere else on your computer. Comments (46) Cancel reply Name * Email * Website chan.chawla says: April 9, 2007 at 12:18 pm This is what actually helped me!! --- After downloading the document, open it from the location where it was saved and a security warning will appear. In order to view the help documents properly, the checkmark must be cleared from the ‘Always ask before opening this file’ check box. The files will then open properly from the PC. Alternatively, right-click on the file you want to open, click Properties, and th
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Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, how to open chm file in android helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Cannot open .chm file, gives “page cannot be displayed” error [closed] up vote 4 down vote favorite 2 I downloaded a .chm file from some site, https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/neerajag/2006/04/26/ever-wondered-why-your-chm-files-does-not-work/ when i tried to open it im getting "page cannot be displayed" error. chm share|improve this question asked Sep 1 '10 at 10:45 stacknewbee 1011315 closed as off topic by Pekka 웃, Neil Knight, Giorgi, skaffman, Hans Olsson Sep 1 '10 at 15:48 Questions on Stack Overflow are expected to relate to programming within the scope defined by the community. Consider editing the question or leaving comments for improvement if you believe the question can be reworded http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3617189/cannot-open-chm-file-gives-page-cannot-be-displayed-error to fit within the scope. Read more about reopening questions here.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question. 1 Belongs on SuperUser, use properties/Unblock and don't open from network (or tell the registry that you trust your network path, which sometomes even works). –peterchen Sep 1 '10 at 10:54 add a comment| 3 Answers 3 active oldest votes up vote 8 down vote accepted Right click on the file, click properties, and click unblock. share|improve this answer edited Oct 9 '13 at 22:17 portforwardpodcast 3,7832243 answered Sep 1 '10 at 10:52 Giorgi 21.7k462100 +1: Had this same problem. This fixed it for me. –Neil Knight Sep 1 '10 at 11:25 add a comment| up vote 4 down vote Remove unwanted file name characters (such as "&" or others). Place it on your locally accessible folder on your hard disk (somewhere on the desktop) and see if the contents are displayed or not. share|improve this answer answered Sep 1 '10 at 11:56 Vivek 411 add a comment| up vote -1 down vote Do you open the file across the network. Because there is a security issue in that case see: http://www.helpscribble.com/chmnetwork.html share|improve this answer answered Sep 1 '10 at 10:52 MUG4N 8,30633060 add a comment| Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions
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