Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) is no longer included with Windows

Windows had since Windows 3.1 Operating System. So, user may not be able to view .hlp file in Vista even this help file is for other software. User have to download on their own and install it if they wan to. Is it good or bad? check this link out: http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/01/26/windows-help-program-winhlp32exe-is-no-longer-included-with-windows/

Hi Chris I see you have the translation link on your blog here and I think its fantastic .. did you take if from the altavista one ? or did you create it yourself …. please do tell I thought it was fantastic..
Thanks in advance
Sandy

When’s the last time you downloaded a piece of software with a .HLP file instead of a .CHM or etc.? Pfft.

Yeah, my customers and my customers’ customers are all converting to HTML help. Sucks.

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I just found this out when I installed Vista Business and then installed some old help programs that I wanted to use. The MLS Style Guide, Crafty Guide Research, and the Chicago Style Guide. These are useful guides and I hope I will be able to use them again.

Does anyone know of any other guides of this type that I can use? Thanks

You should be glad they’re getting rid of the old help system. It’s ugly. If MS had made more moves like this with Vista, we wouldn’t see **** like the Add Font dialog still around…

Actually it is going to be a huge pain in the %&!#. Where I work we have several applications that were developed 8 years ago and are still supported. They all use .HLP files. So now we have to migrate them all to HTMLHelp. Doesn’t help at all that they are compiled in MFC under Visual Studio 6 and that version of MFC doesn’t have direct support for HTMLHelp. Very sucky.

Well, the WinHlp32.exe file exists in the Windows installation directory. From my Vista Business install (fresh install on Thursday of last week), it is compiled on 11/02/2006. Meanwhile, there is also a WinHelp.exe file, too.

Nicholas is wrong. Pfft!!! The very reason Microsoft is doing this is because developers are still using winhlp32.exe and they want to force them to stop! But the result of this stupid decision is that none of your 32 bit .hlp files are usable. Do a search and you probably have a thousand of them on your system! Vista was released last month and there STILL is no download for this from Microsoft.

To be fair, Microsoft claims security concerns with winhlp32.exe for wanting to get rid of it. The replacement HTML Help .chm files have been around since Windows 98. But still no word on when the winhlp32 download will be available. WinHelp.exe is for 16 bit .hlp files and the winhlp32.exe included in Windows Vista is only there to show you the error message.

Hmm just hit this one for my self, stupid, follow the link, hmm Not included as its not been developed for a long time, but the 16 bit version is included !! Then it says that the updated download will be available - hmm When !! What a stupid situation, just include it on the DVD in an extras folder if it needs some thought before install - Vista does seem rushed and unfinished in places for sure - even after all this time !

There’s a workaround:

http://annoyances.com/exec/show/article07-500

isn’t willing to switch to a new or different one? When they buy that new computer, they will be completely lost when they can’t get the help they need. Okay, maybe it’s not so big as all that, but it’s definitely a pain in the ***. So there. [Via Chris Pirillo]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [IMG]

isn’t willing to switch to a new or different one? When they buy that new computer, they will be completely lost when they can’t get the help they need. Okay, maybe it’s not so big as all that, but it’s definitely a pain in the ***. So there. [Via Chris Pirillo]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments [IMG]

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[...] So long, WinHelp The Hackzine website provides a fix for broken Help in Windows Vista. The venerable WinHelp engine, which debuted with Window 3.1, is not included with Vista. Attempting to access help files supplied in WinHelp format (.hlp) opens a Windows Help and Support page entitled “Why Can’t I Get Help From This Program?” Chris Pirillo predicts that Microsoft will reverse this decision in the future, but for now you must download the missing and unsupported engine from Microsoft to restore access to your Help. See also: So Long, Clippy. [...]

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I have a customer who needed to look at the help file for one of our company’s programs. He is on a new laptop from Toshiba and he went to the M$ link for the winhlp32.exe download. After downloading, he started having problems with the laptop. He tried to restore to a previous point but that didn’t work. He can’t uninstall winhlp because it doesn’t show up anywhere. Micro$oft says call Toshiba, Toshiba says nothing should be wrong. Any ideas?

FYI there is a broken link in the comments :

http://annoyances.com/exec/show/article07-500

should read

http://annoyances.org/exec/show/article07-500

.org not .com