Open and View Windows Help .HLP Content Files in Vista

Microsoft is dropping support for WinHelp in Windows Vista. WinHelp or Windows Help as WinHlp32.exe is a help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating system since version Windows 3.1. Previously, this Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) is required to display 32-bit help content files that have the “.HLP” file name extension.

However it’s still possible to open and view 32-bit Help files with the .HLP extension in Windows Vista. Simply download and install Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) for Windows Vista, and you will be able to display 32-bit Help files that have the “.hlp” file name extension.

Both 32-bit and 64-bit and all editions of Windows Vista is supported.

WinHlp32.exe Windows Help program for Windows 7 is now available too.


This entry was posted on Saturday, May 5th, 2007 at 12:03 pm and is filed under Windows Vista. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

6 Responses to “Open and View Windows Help .HLP Content Files in Vista”

  1. View or Open .HLP (Help) Files with WinHlp32.exe for Windows 7 Free Download » My Digital Life
    October 16th, 2009 16:21
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    [...] which provide help file in .hlp format. To provide backward compatibility, Microsoft made available Windows Help program for Windows Vista users and Windows Help for Windows Server 2008, as detailed in KB917607. So do for Windows 7. [...]

  2. Pasan Indeewara
    July 12th, 2009 06:22
    5

    Vista has so many bugs as Microsoft has attempted changing the OS from their old win98, XP platforms. This is just a one backward incompatibility. Below would help you solving and understanding more information about the issue.

    Please refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607

  3. How to Open and View or Extract CHM (Compiled HTML) Files in Linux » My Digital Life
    July 8th, 2008 01:51
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    [...] .CHM frmat is still supported and distributed through Windows XP and Vista platform (although HLP extension format has been dropped in Vista). However, Linux and Mac OS X machines do not have built-in support for CHM format either, and [...]

  4. oloipp
    July 7th, 2008 09:47
    3

    This is NOT funny. Another waste of time. Waste of time of M$ support as well. What do they think they are? I don’t want this to happen. I have to spend time searching for solution, then install crappy WGA activex, download some pseudosetup which doesn’t work anyway. I’m still not able to read help. What piece of stupid mind came up with this. Who thinks I’m going to throw away all applications because they don’t have useless online help?

  5. Climber
    March 28th, 2008 21:44
    2

    Thank you so VERY much!

    Microsoft sucks

  6. lord deasth
    May 5th, 2007 14:14
    1

    oh greeat another download. argh !!!

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