TOC not working in WebHelp - unwanted prefix appended

Hi,
We are using RoboHelp for Word (8.2) to generate a multi-.hlp WinHelp project and then a WebHelp project from the same source. We have a master .cnt file that includes the .cnt files from all the .hlp files.
The WinHelp is working OK (except for the .shg problem that I have posted about many times before, but we've given up on that for the present).
Our current problem is that when we generate the WebHelp project, the TOC does not work except for the initial file (the one that the .hpj is named after and that appears when you open the project).
If you click on any other topic in the TOC, it doesn't work, although if you open the topic from the project's index or search tab, it works.
I can see what the problem is, but I don't know how to fix it. Here's a picture. I apologize for the fuzziness, but I think you can see in the circled area that the TOC link is looking for a file called program_programming_flowchart.htm. The actual name of the file is programming_flowchart.htm. Apparently RoboHelp is inserting a prefix that includes the name of the included .cnt file (in this case, program.cnt).
I found a place in RoboHelp (under Tools>> Options) that looks like it would control something like this, but the check box is not checked. I looked both in the main WebHelp project and in the original WinHelp sub-projects and it was not checked anywhere. Here it is:
Does anyone know how to stop this behavior?
Thank you - Sandy

OK, for all five of you who are still using RoboHelp for Word - and the two of you (maybe) who are using RoboHelp for Word to generate WebHelp - here's what we eventually figured out, by trial and error:
When you generate WebHelp, you get to the following dialog:
If you click on the Advanced button you get to the following dialog:
The highlighted field, External Topics, needs to be set on "Retain." Best wishes - S.

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