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eastcongress
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September 22, 2009
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NO projects will open in RH7

  • September 22, 2009
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All of a sudden, I can no longer open any project--even the sample project. Instead, I get the following message:

I've tried to uninstall and reinstall, but I suspect that isn't working entirely, either. Shall I perform a manual uninstall? If so, how is that done? After I do that, will a reinstall get me going?

Help...

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AmebrCommunity Expert
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September 22, 2009

There are a bunch of posts in the forums about this message although a lot seem to deal with earlier RH versions and some of the suggestions might no longer apply.

As the problem seems to affect all your projects the following suggestions might be the most appropriate to try:

* uninstall and reinstall RH. Make sure you've completely uninstalled the product. If you have any of the v7 patches installed, I believe you need to uninstall them one by one.

Go into Add/Remove Programs, select RH and uninstall.

Once that finishes, press F5 to refresh the view.

Repeat until RH is completely gone from the list. If you are on 7.03, you might need to repeat 3 or 4 times.

* ensure your projects aren't on a network (sometimes "My Documents" is networked. If you can log into any computer and your files in this folder follow you, then it is a network folder.)

* ensure RH is installed using your login, after checking with your tech support that your login has admin rights

(I don't think this one is relevent for RH7, but hopefully Rick or Peter can confirm)

* shorten the path of your projects (e.g. C:\MyProjects\Project1\project1.xpj)

If only one or two projects were affected, which it doesn't sound like, the following might be worth trying:

* ensure the cpd file is not in source control

* Delete the pss file - we've had some odd messages that seem to have been fixed by deleting this file, even though the message didn't seem to relate to it at all. I can't remember the exact issue fixed

* close RH and make sure there is NOT an .ldb file present. If there is delete it, as it should only exist while RH projects are open. Sometimes a crash leaves it floating around.

Hope something in there helps

Amebr

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eastcongressAuthor
Participating Frequently
September 22, 2009

Well, first, I don't seem to be able to uninstall the program... At least I don't think I am--as every time I "reinstall" (after what I think is an uninstall), my most recent projects still appear on the Starter page.

Is there any way to manually get rid of the program from, say, the Registry?

Also, since I have a copy of RH8 on hand, I tried to install that. Same thing. NONE of my many projects will open. I keep getting the same corrupt CPD file issue.

You mention an "ldb" file; while I can't find any in the RH7 project folders, I noticed that there are many of those associated with another application entirely. Will they have any impact?

Wow, I'm stuck here...

Jeff

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Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
September 22, 2009

Hi,

Certain registry keys will remain after uninstalling. You can try a registry cleaner but you can also manually delete the keys. I know the following key remains after uninstalling:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Adobe / RoboHelp / 7.00

As far as I know, the following keys are the registry entries from RoboHelp:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Adobe / RoboHelp

HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Adobe / RoboHTML

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Adobe / RoboHelp

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Adobe / RoboHTML

A registry cleaner (CCleaner is a free and simple program) can also delete all unused file associations from the registry, so you should have a 'clean' install. Always backup your registry before changing it.

-- Do you also have the same problem on other PC's? You say you have a CPD issue, if that is so, your projects should not work on other RoboHelp installations. Deleting the CPD, as Rick suggested, should normally solve your CPD problem.

Greet,

Willam

Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
September 22, 2009

Hi there

The message shows an issue with the .CPD file. Perhaps try opening the .XPJ instead. Delete the CPD if you need to.

Cheers... Rick

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