HouseBot

I've been using housebot since before Meedio bought it. After installing many versions over the years, somewere along the way it got confused so it doesn't find the help files anymore. I know where they are so I just go there and pull them up when I need them but I'm wondering how It knows where they are located.

This has happened on both computers I have running. HouseBot is installed in "C:\Program Files\HouseBot" and the help files are in "C:\Program Files\HouseBot\Help".

I looked in the registry but did not find a key pointing to the help files.

I get "Unable to Find HouseBot Help file [HouseBot.chm]" When I try to bring up the main help page from the help menu

All of the help files should be in a directory called Help that sits inside the main HouseBot directory.

That is where mine are but I still get this message...

Oh wait... I figured out it is a side effect of the fact I start HouseBot as a service using FireDeamon. If I start it normaly using the start menu icon it finds the help files fine.

Strange though... I tell it to "start in" the same startup directory as the normal start menu icon. So I'm not sure the difference.

Anyway don't worry about it....

Mark

I had the exact same thing happen when starten HB from some kind of Server Service. I remember even seeing some more odd behaviour. If you ever figure out how to fix this, I would be interested in your solution. I run HB from a script now that keeps the server alive after a crash, but I rather HB do this itself, or have it done by some true service manager.