WinHlp32.exe is required to display 32-bit Help files that have the “.hlp” file name extension. To view .hlp files on Windows 7, you need to install this application.
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HHPMod is a software tool created by Sid Penstone for converting WinHelp projects to HTML Help format. It rewrites the project created by HTML Workshop to restore the original Context IDs and the context-sensitive support files.
As a result of a contact from a user with a very large WinHelp project Sid has modified HHPMod to remove the limit on the number of topic files that it will handle. It has been tested with more than 2000 topics, and should handle as many as HTML Workshop can process. As well as handling much large numbers of topic files, it identifies files containing graphical “hot spots” for manual editing, and has fixed some display bugs.
The new version is 2.5.9, replacing 2.4.8. Download from Sid’s web site http://post.queensu.ca/~penstone/ .
WinHelp32 Download for Vista (32bit and 64bit versions) is now available on the Microsoft Download Center.
With this release, Vista customers can now install the WinHelp application on their system and securely view .HLP files on Windows Vista. This release applies to Windows Vista x86 and x64 only.
The WinHelp for Vista KB article will be updated with release documentation soon. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607/en-us
Some good news on the Windows Vista / WinHelp front. Microsoft have now decided that Longhorn users can download the WinHelp32 engine. Originally MS indicated WinHelp would not work on Windows Vista at all.
Its official. The notice has been published as a KB article KB917607 at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607/en-us
“… Users who want to view .hlp files must download the program from the Microsoft Download Center, and then install it on their computers. The download for Windows Help is still in development and will not be available for the release of Windows Vista Beta 2…”
At the Fourteenth Annual WritersUA Conference to be held in Palm Springs, California, April 9-12, 2006 the MVPs have learned that the WinHelp viewer will not be downloadable either. The WinHelp engine will not be included in Microsoft Windows Vista.
You should not count on any of your WinHelp files being viewable in Windows Vista. If everyone downloads WinHelp then Microsoft just can’t guarantee Vista’s security. Get used to the idea of no WinHelp.