.chm files not displaying images…… AGAIN

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An old problem has returned with 1903.  Update KB 4495667 previously with 1809 caused HTML Help files .chm to suppress the display of embedded images.  Even elevating hh.exe didn’t have any affect.  With that, I uninstalled the update and posted on the Win 10 forum my success.  Now, the issue has returned with the update to 1903.  I’m not finding any references to the issue in any of the 1903 updates.

Has anyone been hit with this issue?

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[Bundaburra]

Not me.  Running 1903, Home, and .chm embedded images are OK.  Never had the problem in 1809 either.  What is your default for .chm files?  Mine is “Microsoft HTML Help Executable”, which  is hh.exe.  I have file version 6.2.18362.1, product version 10.0.18362.1, created on 19th March 2019.  It seems like your hh.exe is possibly being denied access to something?  Have you looked in the event logs (both Application and System)?  Or you could run it through Process Manager and look for errors, but that’s a bit drastic.

Windows 10 Pro 64 bit 20H2

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Well, this is embarrassing.  SORRY!  Of the three Win 10 systems under my roof, two are still at 1809 and only one is at 1903.  The .chm file is failing on one of the 1809 machines, NOT the 1903 system.  The failing system is Windows 10 Pro OS Build 17763.678.

An exact copy of the failing .chm file displays correctly on the 1903 system, as well as the alternate 1809 machine.

Via the Task Mgr, I verified the default hh.exe was fetched from c:\Windows, even though a search of the c:\Windows tree finds several copies of hh.exe within the tree.  Neither of the two 1809 systems have updates paused.  Both of the 1809 systems have Office 2013 Pro installed.

I continue to scratch my head……… what’s left of it

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