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Install Windows’ Old-School “Help” In Windows 7

By Kevin Purdy on October 18, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Windows: If you’ve installed older software in Windows 7, you might notice that .hlp-formatted Help files aren’t recognised or supported. Microsoft offers a free download to read and manage those WinHelp files.

Windows 7 come with their own Help and support systems, so this is just a compatibility update for anyone needing to look through older .hlp files on a newer Windows system. You’ll have to run a “Genuine Windows Advantage” check before you can download, but once that awesome little bit of corporate security is over, the WinHelp reader quietly installs, opening whenever you open a .hlp-formatted Help file.

Windows Help for Windows 7 is a free download for, um, Windows systems only.

Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) for Windows 7 [Microsoft via Ars Technica]

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  • Wobble
    October 18, 2009 at 9:17 PM

    I searched my entire PC and only found one .hlp file.

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