Skip to main content
Participating Frequently
Jul 20, 2020 4:36 PM UTC
Question

RoboHelp 9 APPCRASH

I have a project that has been used for years and now suddenly I get an error once it attempts to load the project.  I am on Windows 7 and it is RoboHelp 9.  Any ideas?  Losing this file will be devastating.

 

Problem signature:

  Problem Event Name:                    APPCRASH

  Application Name:                         RoboHTML.exe

  Application Version:                       9.0.2.271

  Application Timestamp:                 4ede0156

  Fault Module Name:                      ntdll.dll

  Fault Module Version:                    6.1.7601.24557

  Fault Module Timestamp:              5ee1b3a1

  Exception Code:                             c015000f

  Exception Offset:                           00084371

  OS Version:                                   6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4

  Locale ID:                                      1033

  Additional Information 1:               0a9e

  Additional Information 2:  0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

  Additional Information 3:               0a9e

  Additional Information 4:  0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

    This topic is closed to new replies. Start a new post to keep the conversation going.

    12 replies

    Peter Grainge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Jul 21, 2020 7:38 AM UTC

    You haven't answered the questions below.

    1. If you double click one of the topics in File Explorer, it opens OK?
    2. Can you open other projects, particularly one of the sample projects?

     

    Translate
    Use the menu (bottom right) to mark the Best Answer or Highlight particularly useful replies. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here.
    Community Expert
    Jul 21, 2020 1:42 AM UTC

    They are things like browse sequence and making context sensitive help and all the other features of Robohelp work.

     

    The only file safe to delete is the cpd as it will be rebuilt when you open the project. It sometimes gets corrupted and deleting it will fix that corruption. If you're nervous, you can just rename it so it won't be picked up when you open the xpj (e.g.  "filename.cpd.old").

     

    Or, if there is an ldb file, you can delete that as well - it's a temp file that should be automatically removed, but can sometimes be left behind with a crash.

    Translate
    Participating Frequently
    Jul 20, 2020 9:37 PM UTC

    Unfortunately that did not work.

     

    What are the ali, brs, cpd, hhc, hhp, ppf, pss files all for?

    Translate
    Peter Grainge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Jul 20, 2020 9:07 PM UTC

    You can try it with any version. The CPD is safe to delete. 

     

    Translate
    Use the menu (bottom right) to mark the Best Answer or Highlight particularly useful replies. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here.
    Participating Frequently
    Jul 20, 2020 8:59 PM UTC

    That screen shot show my most recent files.  The 16th is when the issue began.  I had our help desk restore the xpj file from 7/14 (current one was showing 7/15 last edited) and still had the same issue.  Are you saying I should remove the CPD file only and then try to open the XPJ file again?

    Translate
    Participating Frequently
    Jul 20, 2020 8:57 PM UTC

    Translate
    Peter Grainge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Jul 20, 2020 7:55 PM UTC

    If the topics open from File Explorer and other projects open, you could try deleting the failing project CPD file and then reopening the project.

     

    Translate
    Use the menu (bottom right) to mark the Best Answer or Highlight particularly useful replies. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here.
    Peter Grainge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Jul 20, 2020 5:55 PM UTC

    If you double click one of the topics in File Explorer, it opens OK?

     

    Can you open other projects, particularly one of the sample projects?

     

    Translate
    Use the menu (bottom right) to mark the Best Answer or Highlight particularly useful replies. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here.
    Participating Frequently
    Jul 20, 2020 5:51 PM UTC

    I made the copy before the application crashed.

    Translate
    Peter Grainge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Jul 20, 2020 5:42 PM UTC

    That sounds like you have just tried to create a backup. I meant a backup from when this went belly up.

     

    Translate
    Use the menu (bottom right) to mark the Best Answer or Highlight particularly useful replies. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here.