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Edward Dibando
Created on January 15, 2021
I realize that support for Vista from Microsoft has ended, but a friend has something he wants to do, and I thought maybe a user from the community might have an answer for it.
He has some old programs from Win 95, very specialized programs and...
I have spent a day to try winhlp32.exe working on my Windows 8.1 32 bit machine but without success.
I have installed it but it does not work. What else can I try?
WinHlp32.exe is required to display 32-bit Help files that have the ".hlp" file name extension. To view .hlp files on Windows 8.1, you need to install this application.
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Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in VBScript 5.8 that could start winhlp32.exe that could pass a maliciously modified .hlp file to winhlp32 to run arbitrary code.
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Hi,
I am trying to access old Windows .hlp files. I am currently running Windows 7, and when I try to open them I get the following error message:
Cannot display this help file. Try opening the help file again, and if you still get this message, copy the help file to a different drive, and...
Helps resolve an issue in which you are unable to open Help (.hlp) files. You must download and install the Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) to resolve this issue.
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Is there a 64-bit Win 7 version of winhlp32.exe available yet? I really need to get to the help functions of an old app that otherwise works fine in Win 7.
Newbie running Win 7 Build 7000...
Does anyone have a workaround for WinHlp32.exe?
Thanks
Bob
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Why can't I get Help from this program?
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The Help for this program was created in Windows Help format, which depends on a feature that...
Hi all,
This is my 1st post on here. Getting a little infuriated that i cannot get to my .hlp files for my programming environment as windows 7 does not include winhlp32, and it is currently unavailable to download for windows 7..... ARRGGHH. Niether the server 2008 x64 or the vista x64...
I'm trying to update the help file WinHlp32.exe. As you know with vista old versions of help did not work and required a patch. When going to the below link and trying to download it on windows 7 it tells me this version is not for me. I have tried both downloads and nothing seems to work (the...