Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-05 Thread John Salerno
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:36:10 -0400, John Salerno > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> John Machin wrote: >> >>> 4. Have you done a full virus and spy-ware scan? Do you regularly >>> install Windows updates from Microsoft? >> Well, this

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread John Salerno
John Machin wrote: > And you *still* haven't answered the basic question: > > ** > *** What is the error message that you get ??? *** > ** > I'm not sure what you're asking for here.

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread John Machin
John Salerno wrote: > John Machin wrote: > > > 6. Fire up a Comamnd Prompt window, and type this in: > > > > \windows\hh \python25\doc\python25.chm > > \windows\hh \windows\help\whatever.chm > > I tried this and got the same error. This is really upsetting. So that indicates that the problem is c

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread John Salerno
John Machin wrote: > 4. Have you done a full virus and spy-ware scan? Do you regularly > install Windows updates from Microsoft? Well, this is certainly the last thing I expected to work, but it did! There was something called an IECache cookie (which I've actually had before) and after removin

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread John Salerno
John Machin wrote: > 6. Fire up a Comamnd Prompt window, and type this in: > > \windows\hh \python25\doc\python25.chm > \windows\hh \windows\help\whatever.chm I tried this and got the same error. This is really upsetting. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread John Machin
John Salerno wrote: > Keith Perkins wrote: > > > I used HTMLKit when I still used Windows, and liked it a lot. It's really > > a great HTML/PHP, etc. editor, if you can get past the front page. > > That being said (if I remember correctly) hh.exe is a part of htmlkit, and > > may have been the th

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread John Salerno
Keith Perkins wrote: > I used HTMLKit when I still used Windows, and liked it a lot. It's really > a great HTML/PHP, etc. editor, if you can get past the front page. > That being said (if I remember correctly) hh.exe is a part of htmlkit, and > may have been the the cause of your problem by makin

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread Keith Perkins
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:34:43 +, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:55:11 GMT, John Salerno > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> the files in a day or two). All I've installed/uninstalled since then >> was HTML Kit. I'm not on a network, it's

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread John Salerno
Gabriel Genellina wrote: > At Wednesday 4/10/2006 01:32, John Salerno wrote: > >> > I tried opening my Python chm docs just now, as well as the one for >> > wxPython, and both are giving me an error dialog when I double-click >> > them and I can't open them. This happened apparently for no reason,

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread John Salerno
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:55:11 GMT, John Salerno > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> the files in a day or two). All I've installed/uninstalled since then >> was HTML Kit. I'm not on a network, it's just me. I redownloaded the chm >> f

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread Gabriel Genellina
At Wednesday 4/10/2006 01:32, John Salerno wrote: > I tried opening my Python chm docs just now, as well as the one for > wxPython, and both are giving me an error dialog when I double-click > them and I can't open them. This happened apparently for no reason, just > today. I even reset but that

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread John Salerno
John Machin wrote: > Many things might cause an error dialogue -- further info needed. Thanks, I will try your suggestions when I get home. As far as I know, this only started happening yesterday (although maybe I haven't opened the files in a day or two). All I've installed/uninstalled since t

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread utabintarbo
John Salerno wrote: > Hi all. I apologize since this is only remotely Python related, but I > hope someone might now the solution. > > I tried opening my Python chm docs just now, as well as the one for > wxPython, and both are giving me an error dialog when I double-click > them and I can't open

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-04 Thread John Machin
John Salerno wrote: > John Salerno wrote: > > Hi all. I apologize since this is only remotely Python related, but I > > hope someone might now the solution. > > > > I tried opening my Python chm docs just now, as well as the one for > > wxPython, and both are giving me an error dialog when I double

Re: can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-03 Thread John Salerno
John Salerno wrote: > Hi all. I apologize since this is only remotely Python related, but I > hope someone might now the solution. > > I tried opening my Python chm docs just now, as well as the one for > wxPython, and both are giving me an error dialog when I double-click > them and I can't op

can't open chm files all of a sudden

2006-10-03 Thread John Salerno
Hi all. I apologize since this is only remotely Python related, but I hope someone might now the solution. I tried opening my Python chm docs just now, as well as the one for wxPython, and both are giving me an error dialog when I double-click them and I can't open them. This happened apparentl