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

[Onkar Joshi]

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 ???

 

[aadipa]

sorry u just miss it by couple of YEARS....
its a well known bug reported long ago

 

[Prashray]

Better luck next time.

 

[vysakh]

oops! he he

 

[it_waaznt_me]

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 .. ...

 

[djmykey]

hey speaking of Windows i noticed a file in win xp called Oakley.dll man since when did Winxp get stylish.

 

[svk]

good post ppl.

 

[Onkar Joshi]

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.