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Did I discover a new bug in WinXP while opening .chm files ?

8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/did-i-discover-a-new-bug-in-winxp-while-opening-chm-files.3044/

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Onkar Joshi Original post #1
Nov 21, 2004 at 10:39 AM
If a .chm (Compiled Help file) has a '#' character in the file name, windows does not seem to be able to open the file correctely. Rename the file to be without the '#' character and things will go fine.

I found this on Windows XP and 2000 while trying to open an e-book on C# . So where do I report bugs for WinXP ??? :lol:
aadipa
aadipa #2
Nov 21, 2004 at 4:27 PM
sorry u just miss it by couple of YEARS....
its a well known bug reported long ago
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Nov 21, 2004 at 4:28 PM
Better luck next time. ;)
vysakh
vysakh #4
Nov 21, 2004 at 4:43 PM
oops! he he
it_waaznt_me
Nov 21, 2004 at 5:51 PM
And btw its not a bug logically ... # means bookmark anchor location .. ie bookmark inside the html file . ... But if you put in the filename the browser will think that you mean the bookmark location which isnt in the file .. So it wont open ...
I posted this thing long time ago in ... well ... some other forum .. :p ...
djmykey
djmykey #6
Nov 21, 2004 at 6:31 PM
hey speaking of Windows i noticed a file in win xp called Oakley.dll man since when did Winxp get stylish.
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svk #7
Nov 21, 2004 at 11:28 PM
good post ppl.
O
Nov 22, 2004 at 10:59 AM
Oh well....I bet there are a gazillion more bugs waiting to be reported. :roll:

Trust MS to not fix problems which have been reported long ago.