Deleting a corrupted topic

[Moonlion2]

I went ahead and deleted the .cpd file thinking that might help but it made things worse. When I deleted the .cpd then tried to open the project, RH7 told me that the .cpd file was corrupt and that I should delete it. Erm...

So I put the original .cpd back and the project opened OK and everything, but the errant topic remained and was still undeletable (as exepcted, really).

When I get properties on the topic and go to the File tab, its location is listed as missing and all the other characteristics (size, created &c.) is listed as unknown. When I click the open folder button it leads to the folder where the file used to be before it was corrupted. It's certainly not there now.

So ... any guesses as to how to well and permanently delete this topic?

[Peter Grainge]

How did you try to open the project?

[Moonlion2]

From RH7's start screen. I selected the topic from the recent topics list.

[Peter Grainge]

Wrong. RTFM. Please reread my topic on Opening Projects.

You delete both the XPJ and CPD files and then use File | Open to point to the HHP file. But that's not all of it. You do need to read that topic.

[Moonlion2]

Anticipating alternate opening suggestions (but forgetting to re-read the topic) I tried the following before your reply:

I deleted the .cpd then double-clicked the .xpj file itself without going through RH7 first--everything worked!
I was able to delete the corrupted topic right away (which had a name now, before it had lost its name) and the rest of the project seems intact and I was able to generate an HTML help with no apparent hiccups.

Happy ending!

[Peter Grainge]

Sometimes deleting just the CPD works and sometimes not, so usual advice is trash both, that only leaves the HHP file.

As long as losing what has been lost is not an issue, glad it's all sorted. If you are not sure what has been lost, don't ask! You know where I will point you. 🙂