HTML5 Publish to my PC = "Internal Error"

[TommyTwoDogs]

Captivate v9. Windows 8. Full Admin user permissions.

Trying to create projects for mobile devices. 1 slide project with an image and text. Selecting  Publish to My Computer as HTML/SWF with Output Format: HTML5 results in " HTML Publish. Error(s) Internal Error. [OK]

Also error when trying to preview any and all slides: "Published failed".

[RodWard]

Make sure there are no unusual punctuation marks in the text in your project. This also applies to slide names and filenames you publish to.

[TommyTwoDogs]

No punctuation marks anywhere.

Responsive Project

Preview (any #of slides) results in "Publish failed." Publish for Devices results in "HTML Publish: Error(s) Internal Error", then Adobe Captivate: "Publish failed."

Blank Project

Preview works. Publish To My Computer with Output Format: HTML5 results in same errors as a Responsive Project.

Projects have less than 5 slides and minimal text and images.

[Lilybiri]

Does Preview HTML in Browser work for normal projects?

[TommyTwoDogs]

Yes. To date, no issues with other projects when viewing in browser.

[Lilybiri]

That is strange, it looks like HTML publishing is the issue, but you were able to Preview HTML in Browser (F11)? Are you sure because a temporary published file is then created.

[TommyTwoDogs]

(F11) Responsive Project results in "Publish failed." message. Blank Project results in display in browser

New Responsive Project with 1 blank slide results in "Published failed." message.

[TommyTwoDogs]

Uninstall then Reinstall

Set all Preferences to Local Drive - C:\users\myuserprofile

Responsive Project: 1 slide with 1 text caption. F11 = "Publish failed"

Blank Project: 800x600, 1 slide (blank) F11 = "Publish failed". Changed to 1024x627, same error

Saved Project: 1024x627. 26 slides with text, images, Kcheck slides. F11 = display in browser (no problemo)

Wait for Captivate v10?
O_o

[Lilybiri]

When you reinstalled, did you clean the preferences, the cache and delete the Layouts folder before reinstalling?

[TommyTwoDogs]

Contacted Adobe Support.

Work at a college on a networked PC. Though I have full admin permissions, when I install Captivate the Default File locations get set to network locations. Changing the locations to a local drive does not help.

Support says I need an IT admin to install so Default File locations are on a local drive.

Thanks for the suggestions!

[RodWard]

See my answer in your other thread.  Reinstalling won't change your default folder locations.  You need to do that via the Edit > Preferences dialog.

[Zbee305]

Sometimes it is just a video effect that does no longer work (ex: zoom effect). I had the same issue as yours, and deleted that effect, and could deploy my tutorial into HMTL.. so relieved !!! 10hours of work

[Lilybiri]

This is a very old thread, are you on an old version? In such a case it is better to start a new thread and mention the full version number you are using. It seems like you found the solution, but what exactly was that solution?  

[Zbee305]

I know it's an old one, because I am using Captivate 2019, I don't like the new version. 

The solution was: I deleted the zoom effect that I previously had on another tutorial, and it worked fine. Didn't want to open a new thread for something that was already brought up. 

[Lilybiri]

I also use CP2019 professionally, the new version is much too limited and misses many features.

The best version ever (I use CP since more than 2 decades) is one of the CP2019 releases: 11.5.5.553. Was that problem occurring in that version?

[caddi_ran]

After being convinced it was a much bigger issue, to find a rogue punctuation mark caused this was a revelation!  Thanks