Opening .CHM files over the network

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What happens when you try to open it? What error do you get?
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Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking MVP)
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:51:02 -0700, "Keith Rees"
<KeithRees@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a CHM file that I can open it if I copy it locally to my machine, but
>it will not open from a network shared drive. I have full permissions to the
>file where it is stored. I am running XP SP2 with all the latest updates.
>Do I have to enable something in XP to view CHM files that are on a network?

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That's a good one to remember...
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Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking MVP)
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On 11 Jul 2005 08:33:56 -0700, PD.Lees@btinternet.com wrote:

>Keith,
>
>> I have a CHM file that I can open it if I copy it locally to my machine, but
>> it will not open from a network shared drive. I have full permissions to the
>> file where it is stored. I am running XP SP2 with all the latest updates.
>> Do I have to enable something in XP to view CHM files that are on a network?
>
>One of the Windows security updates that Microsoft released a few weeks
>ago blocks access to HTML Help files stored on shared network drives.
>(Local files are unaffected.) You can read more about this here:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=896054
>
>The solution should be to use one of the "Method 2" workarounds
>described in this article to remove the block on help files in the
>Local Intranet zone. For example, you could try saving the following
>text to a file called "MaxAllowedZone.reg" and then running this on
>your machine.
>
>REGEDIT4
>
>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\M­icrosoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRest­rictions]
>
>"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:0000000­1
>
>Pete