Adobe Help Viewer Problem

For some reason, I recently noticed that the Adobe Help Viewer for After Effects CS3 is not displaying properly.?When I use the help viewer for any other applicaiong (I have CS3 Production Premium) it looks normal (like a flash display).?But I when I open it for After Effects, there is no image on top and the text is larger blue on a white background (instead of smaller on a greay background, etc.).?No images are displayed in the help text.?This just happens for after effects.?I have Help Viewer version 1.1, build 198.?I tried downloading the 1.1 update from the website (even though it's the same build number) but when I try to install I get an error in setup.exe.?Any ideas?

I can still navigate through the help viewer but it is definately not displaying properly.

Thanks.

Adobe Help Viewer Problem

I don't know what's causing the problem that you're describing, but I recommend against using the Help Viewer for After Effects CS3. I recommend that you either use the After Effects CS3 Help on the Web or the After Effects CS3 Help document in PDF. For After Effects CS3 and After Effects CS4, the Help document installed on your hard disk is not as complete and current as the HTML and PDF versions available on the Web.

Adobe Help Viewer Problem

Sounds like the CSS files are messed up. Can you verify that in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Help\en_US\AfterEffects\8.0 the CSS and JS files match the other help systems? I agree with Todd, though, using the web help is just as good and better in terms of how up-to-date it is.

Mylenium

Thanks for the suggestions.?I went in the help files and the Content.css files was blank for some reason.?I copied over the one from photoshop and now After effects help works, except a few pages (like ABOUT THE WORKSPACE, etc.).?Seems like some of the HTML files got corrupted.?Not sure how that happened.?Is there anway to reinstall just the help files?

And I know I should use the web.?I do that too, but it's nice to have the offline help available if I want to look something up quick.

Thanks.

%26gt; And I know I should use the web.?I do that too, but it's nice to have the offline help available if I want to look something up quick.

Ok. Thank you.