Thanks.

>>Okay...just figured it out. Had to set the shortcut to "run as administrator" for firing VFP. This allowed the help file to at least fire partially - still had nothing in the right hand pane for content but I knew how to fix that ("unblock" the help file).
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>>We are away! For now at least. Want to figure out how to get rid of the task pane coming up each time but that can wait for another day.
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>>Thanks all.
>>Albert
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>Check Disable Task Pane manager