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AhmedGendya's avatar
AhmedGendya
Community Member
4 years ago

I have figure out why the .exe CD version is not working .. but the reason is weird! any advice?

Hi all, 

I posted a topic an hour ago asking why I have a problem to launch the .exe file when publishing my lesson to CD in Articulate Storyline. (Attached is a shot). 

 

Here is what was done: 

I have published a lesson and renames the default names from: "story.html" to "lesson1.html" and "Launch_Story.exe" to "lesson1.exe". I figured out the the problem with renaming the "story.html" file. When I switched it back to its default name the lesson played very fine!! 

Any advice please? 

 

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6 Replies

  • MariaCS's avatar
    MariaCS
    Staff
    4 years ago

    Hi, Ahmed.

    Thank you for reaching out!

    The executable file (launch_story.exe) is programmed to open story.html. If you change the name of the HTML file, then the executable can't find it, which is why you get the error.

    I hope this helps!

    • AhmedGendya's avatar
      AhmedGendya
      Community Member
      4 years ago

      Hi Maria, 

      Thanks for clarifying this. 

      Is there anyway to overcome this .. or this is a built-in settings? 

      Thanks

  • WaltHamilton's avatar
    WaltHamilton
    Super Hero
    4 years ago

    It is hard-wired; you can't change it. Have you tried changing the .exe file only? It's the one users will see and click, so it doesn't matter so much what the .html file is called.

  • AhmedGendya's avatar
    AhmedGendya
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    You are right Walt. I have changed only the .exe and it works fine. But the reason I need the .html as well is the fact that .exe files do not work on Mac devices. 

    • AhmedGendya's avatar
      AhmedGendya
      Community Member
      4 years ago

      Thanks Phil .. Simple and brilliant! 

      You are a real hero :)