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On 25/02/2010 9:43 PM, Pete10016 wrote:
> I'm running Vista and the association somehow is broken between .chm and
> "microsoft html help executable" -whatever that be.
> I've searched, googled, tried installations, but can't fix. Any advice
> out there??
>

I don't use Vista but the file that should be associated with ".chm" is
"hh.exe" it should be in your c:\windows folder, whether you should
associate the file using a reg hack or the association manager (control
panel > Default Programs > Set Associations) is for you to decide.

JD

On 26/02/2010 8:10 PM, Pete10016 wrote:
>
> "JD" <> wrote in message
> news:4b880ff6$0$2474$...
>> On 25/02/2010 9:43 PM, Pete10016 wrote:
>>> I'm running Vista and the association somehow is broken between .chm and
>>> "microsoft html help executable" -whatever that be.
>>> I've searched, googled, tried installations, but can't fix. Any advice
>>> out there??
>>>
>>
>> I don't use Vista but the file that should be associated with ".chm"
>> is "hh.exe" it should be in your c:\windows folder, whether you should
>> associate the file using a reg hack or the association manager
>> (control panel > Default Programs > Set Associations) is for you to
>> decide.
>>
>> JD
>
> Close. The solution was to double click the .chm and associate it with
> hh.exe
> You can't just set the association because it won't be there.

sure you can just associate *.chm with hh.exe

regards
JD