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More info! Most of us are probably stuck using EMS2 as our IETM viewer. If you're using anything newer than Windows XP (I sure hope you are...), you'll notice that any of the Indexes, about pages, and help sections don't work. You actually will receive an error stating that .hlp files are unsupported. I have a fix for you (and this fix is good for any legacy program that makes use of .hlp files).
For Windows Vista through Windows 8.1, stick with the solution provided by Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...dows-based-programs-feature-not-included-or-h Just pick the right version to match your operating system and follow Microsoft's installation instructions.
Microsoft officially put their foot down and refused any further support, so you'll notice there's no Windows 10 version. Some guys more clever than me devised a solution through an installation script. They were a little lazy and didn't update the code completely, so I went ahead and did that for you guys. Download the file from my OneDrive, here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AkVRiOjPCsSyla1fCQL8ncJutQ6fRw Now that you have the file, extract the .zip to somewhere convenient for you, and then run Install.cmd AS AN ADMINISTRATOR (if you don't, you will notice the last next in the cmd prompt window indicated the operation failed). To do this, simply right-click the file and select "Run as Administrator" (assuming you have admin privileges on your PC). You should have to run this just the one time and now your old applications should have running help files again, at least until the next time you re-install or upgrade Windows to a completely new version.
If for some reason you don't trust my file but you trust my words (or my link ever goes dead), you can just follow the same instructions that I followed:
For Windows Vista through Windows 8.1, stick with the solution provided by Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...dows-based-programs-feature-not-included-or-h Just pick the right version to match your operating system and follow Microsoft's installation instructions.
Microsoft officially put their foot down and refused any further support, so you'll notice there's no Windows 10 version. Some guys more clever than me devised a solution through an installation script. They were a little lazy and didn't update the code completely, so I went ahead and did that for you guys. Download the file from my OneDrive, here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AkVRiOjPCsSyla1fCQL8ncJutQ6fRw Now that you have the file, extract the .zip to somewhere convenient for you, and then run Install.cmd AS AN ADMINISTRATOR (if you don't, you will notice the last next in the cmd prompt window indicated the operation failed). To do this, simply right-click the file and select "Run as Administrator" (assuming you have admin privileges on your PC). You should have to run this just the one time and now your old applications should have running help files again, at least until the next time you re-install or upgrade Windows to a completely new version.
If for some reason you don't trust my file but you trust my words (or my link ever goes dead), you can just follow the same instructions that I followed:
Code:
download this...http://www.komeil.com/download/1230
add these lines to the settings area in the install file (it clearly says settings)
set WindowsVersion=7
goto :BypassVersionError
run it as administrator.
now you have winhlp working in windows 10 !
