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Created January 4, 2013 08:30
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Open up an old school .CHM help file from a network path. Put the Powershell in the folder of the .CHM file and any user can launch the help file via right-click on the .PS1 and selecting 'Run with Powershell'. (Set-ExecutionPolicy might need to be set first)
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CopyChmLocalAndOpen.ps1
$tempfolder = $env:TEMP
$chmfile = Get-ChildItem | Where-Object {$_.Extension -match "chm"}
"Copying to local temp folder: $tempfolder"
Copy-Item $chmfile $tempfolder
"Opening $chmfile"
Start-Process $tempfolder\$chmfile
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