>I'm facing the same problem, so I decided to install MSDN on a different drive and still the help menu in VFP6 is dimmed.
>any suggestions?

Hi Nabil,

If you've referenced the help file in a configuration, if the path is a long file name, place it in quotes. Here's what mine looks like.

HELP="C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO\MSDN98\98VS\1033\MSDNVS98.COL"

hth,