.CHM File

File extension: CHM

File type: Compiled Help File

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Notes about the CHM file extension:

Incorrect file associations could be the result of underlying issues within your PC system. As such it is highly recommended to scan your PC for invalid registry entries, unused processes and other unfavourable system settings to identify slowdown issues.

The CHM file type is primarily associated with 'HTML Help' by Microsoft Corporation. Used by HTML Help 1.x. Note: This file type can become infected and should be carefully scanned if someone sends you a file with this extension. The starting characters, ITSF, stands for InfoTech Storage File; Microsoft's name for the library that reads/writes .CHM files.

Detailed information for file extension CHM:

Primary association: HTML Help

Company: Microsoft Corporation

Identifying characters Hex: 49 54 53 46 , ASCII: ITSF

Program ID: chm.file

Other applications associated with file type CHM:

Ares Font Chameleon (Source Font - Font Outline)
ChemDraw (Chemical Structure) by CambridgeSoft CorporationOld format. The Mime types used with this association are: chemical/x-chemdraw, application/x-chemdraw.

'Identifying characters' used on FILExt.com are
provided by Marco Pontello from his TrID database

Important: Invalid file associations could be the result of underlying issues within your Windows PC. It is highly recommended that you scan your PC for invalid registry entries, unused processes and other slowdown issues.

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System Info for File Extension .CHM

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and information FILExt collected directly from user systems.

ProgramID: chm.file, FileType: Compiled HTML Help file, AppName: Microsoft® HTML Help Executable
EXEFile: hh.exe

ProgramID: chm.file
EXEFile: C:\WINXP\hh.exe %1

ProgramID: chm.file
EXEFile: D:\WINXP\hh.exe %1

ProgramID: chm.file
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%2\hh.exe %1

ProgramID: chm.file
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\ServicePackFiles\i386\hh.exe %1

ProgramID: chm.file
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe %1

ProgramID: chm.file
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\hh.exe %1

ProgramID: chm.file
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%.1\hh.exe

ProgramID: chm.file
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%1\hh.exe

ProgramID: chm.file
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%C\hh.exe

Program Name and MIME Type Info for File Extension .CHM

FILExt has been given permission to display a Program Name/MIME type database collected by Anthony R. Nemmer. Some of this data has already been included into the main FILExt database. Those entries which have not yet been incorporated are displayed below.

Program Name Mime Type application/medhlp

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