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I'm using Robohelp 10. I have generated .chm files to the same network folder for over a year without problems. Sometime around late March, this process did not work anymore. When .chm files where generated to the local folder, they either opened as blank, with the side pane visible and the main content page blank, or with an error message: Cannot open the file mk:@MSIT Store:\\example\example
As a workaround, I have been generating .chm files to a local folder. The .chm files generate normally to the local folder and can be opened with no issues. When I copy and paste the files generated in the local folder to the shared network folder, they will also open correctly from the shared network folder. My guess is that something is happening when Robohelp generates to the shared network folder that is actually corrupting the .chm file.
I tried created a dummy folder in the same enclosing folder as the shared network folder that lacks any symbols/numbers: TEST. Generating to this folder also causes the same issue.
Other general notes: The shared network path is around 110 characters. The only symbols used in this path are: ( ) !
The ! comes from the !SSL! folder. Not sure if this would make a difference, as it was working previously with this path for about a year.
Does anyone know how to resolve this issue or experienced a similar situation?
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Interesting. Microsoft took steps to make CHMs no longer function on networks several years ago! Folks were able to work around it by hacking the registry I believe. So I'm surprised to hear that this was working up until recently.
What you are describing about CHMs working just dandy as long as they were generated and opened locally is exactly the behavior I would expect.
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Cheers... Rick
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Thanks for the response, Rick! I'll try to look into this a bit further to see if changes were made to the registry in the first place to accommodate the network folder.