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New Post 7/21/2008 7:42 PM
User is offline techfreak
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Viewing Old Help Files in Windows Vista 

The WinHelp file format (*.HLP files, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_WinHelp) is obsolete, and Microsoft has placed a bounty on their heads. By that, I mean that they’d like to see HLP files become extinct. One step they took was to remove the program that usually interprets and displays such help files from Vista. (In Windows XP it was called WinHelp32.exe.) They also prohibit “Windows Compatible” software manufacturers from including WinHelp32 in their distributions.

So, if you install an old program on Vista, do not be surprised if, when you click on Help, you get this instead:

No HLP Support
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New Post 7/21/2008 8:34 PM
User is offline Vishal Gupta
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Re: Viewing Old Help Files in Windows Vista 

Yep. Thats true. I posted a tutorial for how to open help files in Vista here:

How to Open Help Files in Windows Vista and Server 2008 that Require Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) Program?


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New Post 7/21/2008 11:11 PM
User is offline Ganesh
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Re: Viewing Old Help Files in Windows Vista 

ya Vishal  Bhaiya that is nice tutorial, i really want something like this.

Thanks again...


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New Post 7/22/2008 12:55 AM
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Re: Viewing Old Help Files in Windows Vista 

We can also copy and replace winhlp32.exe from Windows XP to Vista @ C:\Windows


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