Nautilus reading html files raw

[Gary Roach <garyselists charter net>]

 I posted this problem about 3 weeks ago and  got no reply. I still 
haven't found a solution. At this point, "I dont know" would be 
acceptable. Does someone need more information? Help!

  Problem: When I try to use the nautilus help tab, the files listed 
are in html. Nautilus reads them in plain text mode. I have not been 
able to find a way to change this. Since the Nautilus help file is 
trashed as well, I'm flying blind. Its probably stupidly simple to fix; 
but, being a newby with this package, I'm at a loss. HELP.

  System:   Pentium 4 x 2    1 GHz
                  Debian Woody testing
                  Nautilus Version 1.0.6
                  Run as root (I know. But I do mostly systems work)

Thanks in advance

Gary Roach