View CHM over a network security issue on Win7 64bit machine

This forum is for all Flare issues related to the Microsoft HTML Help target.
This target produces "CHM" files in the output.
Post Reply
Bluefin
Jr. Propeller Head
Posts: 1
Joined: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:59 pm

View CHM over a network security issue on Win7 64bit machine

Post by Bluefin »

I'm having the network security issue on win7 64 machines: I can't view my generated CHM files.

Is there a registry mod that fixes this issue on win7 64 and enables me to view the files over a network? I know that it exists for previous generation machines, and also for win7 32bit.

Any help much appreciated.
Cheers.
LTinker68
Master Propellus Maximus
Posts: 7247
Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:38 pm

Re: View CHM over a network security issue on Win7 64bit machine

Post by LTinker68 »

You can't view CHM files over a network. That's a Windows security issue. CHMs can only be viewed on the local computer.
Image

Lisa
Eagles may soar, but weasels aren't sucked into jet engines.
Warning! Loose nut behind the keyboard.
RamonS
Senior Propellus Maximus
Posts: 4293
Joined: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:29 am
Location: The Electric City

Re: View CHM over a network security issue on Win7 64bit machine

Post by RamonS »

Found the instructions here:
http://www.helpscribble.com/chmnetwork.html

For W7 64 bit it should be the same registry change. Keep in mind that this works only for the system you made the change on and I suggest not to recommend this change to end-users. The reason for Microsoft to disable this feature is that they did not want to fix a security vulnerability in the CHM viewer. That means changing the registry to enable this feature again will expose the problem.
Post Reply