Do you see 'Page not displayed' or 'Navigation to the web page was cancelled' when you try to open a .chm file?
I have found that you do not need any software to view the file. These files coming from third party server are by default blocked. Hence you just need to unblock them in many instances to view them.
1. Right click the file and select 'Properties'
2. Click Unblock
Other known issues for error with .chm file
1. Check for any hash/sharp symbol in the filename. Rename your file without using any symbols. This is a known bug with all Window versions.
2. CHM viewer component not registered on your PC - Run regsvr32 hhctrl.ocx in the command line(Start>>Run) to register the library in the system.
When the .chm file is on other network drive:
1. Go to Run and type regedit
2. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions. Create the registry key, if it does not exist
3. Right-click ItssRestrictions, select New, and then click DWORD.
4. Type MaxAllowedZone, and then press ENTER.
5. Right-click the MaxAllowedZone value, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type a number from 0 and 4, and then click OK.
0 = My Computer
1 = Local Intranet Zone
2 = Trusted sites Zone
3 = Internet Zone
4 = Restricted Sites Zone
For most CHM files, the value of 1 should be enough to allow use without opening up access from/to remote CHM files in email/internet locations.
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| Guest Author: NeoMod 08 Jan 2012 |
Dear Author,
thankyou very much for this precious info!!! Those few lineas at the beginning of this article just saved my day!
( platform: win7 x64 enterprise )
Best Regards!!!
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| Guest Author: jiju 25 Jan 2012 |
Thanks... It helped me to open .chm file... thanks
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| Guest Author: gaurav 28 Mar 2012 |
thank u that was so much helpful..
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| Guest Author: Sam Bard 29 Oct 2012 |
Thanks a lot.You rock :)
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| Guest Author: Dan 11 Nov 2012 |
I could not find any option to unblock a chm file on my local windows 7 64bit home system, and I followed your regedit commands exactly without any change. I still get the error message when I double click a .chm file (navigation to webpage was cancelled). But if I download/save the chm to my local machine, I am able to open it. Is a reboot or logout/login required after editing the registry?
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| Guest Author: Charles 27 Mar 2013 |
Hello
I appreciate the response above, I have tried the above option but it does not seem to help me view my .chm files on a shared network drive, I am using windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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