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From: "BillH" <billh@domain.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: XanaNews - Introduction
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:51:21 -0000 (UTC)
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On 7/31/2024 at 2:27:52 PM D wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 17:04:51 -0000 (UTC), "BillH"
> <billh@domain.is.invalid> wrote:
> > On 7/31/2024 at 9:56:09 AM D wrote:
> >> *note: the XanaNews 1.21 "Help" contents feature may appear blank,
> if >> so,  in the "XanaNews" folder, right-click "XanaNews.chm",
> select >> "Properties"  and next to "Security: This file came from
> another >> computer and might be  blocked to help protect the
> computer", check >> "Unblock", click "Apply/OK"
> snip
> 
> > I am on Windows 11 23H2.  I right clicked on XanaNews.chm and
> > selected properties.  I don't see that message anywhere.  When I
> > click on Help >
> >Contents or Help > Topic Search, nothing happens.
> > Bill
> 
> the "blank" xananews.chm occurred on my windows 7 pc, but in windows
> 11 pc works fine; windows 11 is unnecessarily complicated and less
> user-friendly than its predecessors, e.g., to install a program from
> "unknown publisher" it makes you click personalize ... privacy &
> security ... windows security ...reputation-based protection ... app
> & browser control ... check app and files ... switch (temporarily,
> rather permanently) to "off" ... and voila!  (whether or not that
> fixes your "blank" xananews.chm anomaly, i cannot say) also, and
> every program i've tested that runs on win 7 also runs on win 11, but
> some essential programs, like tor browser, will soon nix win 7 support

I don't get anything "blank", it just doesn't do anything at all when I
click on the Help options, except for Help > About.

Strange.  I install programs from all over the place and I've never had
any issues or problems.  I'm sure some of the the program publishers
would be "unknown" to Windows.  I've never had to go through that chain
of prompts.

I posted on this newsgroup because I couldn't see the Help for the
program.  There is probably a way to make it work, but I couldn't find
any clues when I searched.

Bill