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Edward Dibando
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 necessary to his work, which will load and run in their basic functions on Windows Vista 32-bit; however, the Help menus within those programs won't work unless Vista has the WinHlp32.exe file. And Vista didn't come with that file when purchased; one had to update from the Microsoft website to get it. But when my friend tried to update, he discovered that Microsoft had discontinued all support for Vista, and that he could no longer download the winhlp32.exe file. I think he was only a few months too late to get the updates, but late is late, and he's out of luck as far as Microsoft is concerned.
He managed to get a copy of the winhlp32.exe file from a third-party source. He virus-checked it and ascertained it's the original file produced by Microsoft, so it should be OK. However, right now it is just sitting in his Downloads folder, and he doesn't know how to "attach" it to the Windows system so that the Help menus will start working again.
Would he need to create a new subfolder under Windows called winhelp32, and then copy and paste the file there?
He doesn't want to do damage to his system by messing up the Windows folder and maybe cause Vista to stop working, or malfunction. I don't know how to advise him, but it strikes me that probably it would be a very simple fix. Does anyone here know how to do this?
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He has some old programs from Win 95, very specialized programs and necessary to his work, which will load and run in their basic functions on Windows Vista 32-bit; however, the Help menus within those programs won't work unless Vista has the WinHlp32.exe file. And Vista didn't come with that file when purchased; one had to update from the Microsoft website to get it. But when my friend tried to update, he discovered that Microsoft had discontinued all support for Vista, and that he could no longer download the winhlp32.exe file. I think he was only a few months too late to get the updates, but late is late, and he's out of luck as far as Microsoft is concerned.
He managed to get a copy of the winhlp32.exe file from a third-party source. He virus-checked it and ascertained it's the original file produced by Microsoft, so it should be OK. However, right now it is just sitting in his Downloads folder, and he doesn't know how to "attach" it to the Windows system so that the Help menus will start working again.
Would he need to create a new subfolder under Windows called winhelp32, and then copy and paste the file there?
He doesn't want to do damage to his system by messing up the Windows folder and maybe cause Vista to stop working, or malfunction. I don't know how to advise him, but it strikes me that probably it would be a very simple fix. Does anyone here know how to do this?
Continue reading...