diff --git a/Docs/src/chm_config.but b/Docs/src/chm_config.but
index 0d47d820..e542bd3d 100644
--- a/Docs/src/chm_config.but
+++ b/Docs/src/chm_config.but
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 \cfg{xhtml-contents-depth-0}{5}
 
-\cfg{xhtml-head-end}{<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type='text/css' /><script language="JScript" src="chmlink.js"></script>}
+\cfg{xhtml-head-end}{<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type='text/css' /><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="chmlink.js"></script>}
 
 \cfg{xhtml-rlink-prefix}{#" onclick="parser('}
 
diff --git a/Docs/src/chmlink.js b/Docs/src/chmlink.js
index 4fe5557b..4fac6af3 100644
--- a/Docs/src/chmlink.js
+++ b/Docs/src/chmlink.js
@@ -1,18 +1,56 @@
 function FolderExists(fn)
 {
-   var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
-   return fso.FolderExists(fn);
+  alert("testing for folder " + fn);
+/*@cc_on @*/
+/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
+  try
+  {
+    var objShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
+    var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
+    return fso.FolderExists(fn);
+  }
+  catch(e) { }
+/*@end @*/
+  alert("exception or old version");
+  return false;
 }
 
 function FileExists(fn)
 {
-  var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
-  return fso.FileExists(fn);
+  alert("testing for file " + fn);
+/*@cc_on @*/
+/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
+  try
+  {
+    var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
+    return fso.FileExists(fn);
+  }
+  catch(e) { }
+/*@end @*/
+  alert("exception or old version");
+  return true;
+}
+
+function TryShellExec(fn)
+{
+  alert("trying to shell execute " + fn);
+/*@cc_on @*/
+/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
+  try
+  {
+    var objShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
+    objShell.ShellExecute(fn, "", "", "open", 1);
+    return true;
+  }
+  catch(e) { }
+/*@end @*/
+  alert("exception or old version");
+  return false;
 }
 
 function parser(fn)
 {
-  var X, Y, sl, a, ra, link;
+  var X, Y, sl, a, ra, re;
   ra = /:/;
   a = location.href.search(ra);
   if (a == 2)
@@ -21,32 +59,58 @@ function parser(fn)
     X = 7;
   sl = "\\";
   Y = location.href.lastIndexOf(sl) + 1;
+/*@cc_on @*/
+/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
+  try
+  {
+    var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
+  }
+  catch(e)
+  {
+    if (fn.substring(0, 3) == "../")
+    {
+      fn = fn.substring(3);
+    }
+  }
+  @else @*/
+  if (fn.substring(0, 3) == "../")
+  {
+    fn = fn.substring(3);
+  }
+/*@end @*/
   lfn = location.href.substring(X, Y) + fn;
   re = /%20/g;
   lfn = lfn.replace(re, " ");
   re = /\//g;
   lfn = lfn.replace(re, "\\");
-  var objShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
+
+  alert("trying to open " + lfn);
+
   if (FolderExists(lfn))
   {
+    alert("folder exists, execing");
+    var objShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
     objShell.Open(lfn);
   }
   else if (FileExists(lfn))
   {
+    alert("file exists, execing");
+    execed = false;
     htmlre = /\.html?$/;
     txtre = /\.txt$/;
-    if (!("ShellExecute" in objShell) || lfn.match(htmlre) || lfn.match(txtre))
+    if (!lfn.match(htmlre) && !lfn.match(txtre))
+    {
+      execed = TryShellExec(lfn);
+    }
+    if (!execed)
     {
       re = /\\/g;
       lfn = lfn.replace(re, "/");
       re = /\ /g;
       lfn = lfn.replace(re, "%20");
+      alert("using normal method " + lfn);
       location.href = 'file:///' + lfn;
     }
-    else
-    {
-      objShell.ShellExecute(lfn, "", "", "open", 1);
-    }
   }
   else if (fn.substring(0, 3) == "../")
   {