>Actually the .dll was there afterall too. My explorer had the configuration to hide dll files from view. So, yep, both those files were there.

Do you have a VFP startup program that sets help off? What do you get if you issue the following from the Command Window:

? SET('Help')     && should return ON
? SET('Help', 1)  && should return path\filename of help

Is there a CONFIG.FPW that has a command that turns help off?