Comments on: WinHelp for Vista May Not Provide the Help You Need

By: david d

david d — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:02:40 +0000

Looks like you can’t open help files on network drives but if you copy the file to your local drive and open it from there it works.

By: veeran kutty

veeran kutty — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:49:57 +0000

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By: Jerry Sink

Jerry Sink — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:21:34 +0000

I have lots of applications that use winhelp and it varies as to how the help files display.
On another topic, the file open/save dialog box in older versions of Word and other apps that used a custom file dialog box now appear as the windows vista box – the extras are gone.
How do I UPGRADE to XP Pro 64bit??

By: Will Sopha

Will Sopha — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:23:17 +0000

The only problem with the Microsoft download is it can’t be installed on a Vista system. I downloaded it to my desktop and double-clicked on the icon to install it. Vista just came up with an error message saying: “C…..\Desktop\Windows6.0-KB917607-x86.msu is not a valid Win32 application.” Considering that I can’t use my software any longer since I can’t get any help, I would say Microsoft really blew it on this new release. I am thinking of finding a way to buy a downgrade to Windows XP.

By: Presentation Server Client 10 still uses Windows Help | stealthpuppy.com

Presentation Server Client 10 still uses Windows Help | stealthpuppy.com — Tue, 29 May 2007 04:25:56 +0000

[...] Gee, I expected a little more than this from Citrix – the new Presentation Server Client version 10 is still using the old 16-bit Windows Help format (.HLP). What’s the problem with this you say? Well, Windows Help is no longer included with Windows Vista and Microsoft have been discouraging its’ use for some time now. Yes you can now download a version of Windows Help for Vista from Microsoft, but it’s not guaranteed to work with all .HLP files. [...]