>(sick of me yet?)
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>I downloaded and ran the file you suggested, that didn't work.
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>On that same vein, I re-installed the last NT service pack, the data access components 2.5, as well as the SP4 for Visual Fox.
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>Nothing seems to be working though to fix the help file problem.
>I really appriciate all your suggestions with this problem.
>
>Sharon

If you:

set help to "d:\program files\microsoft visual studio\msdn98\98vs\1033\msdnvs98.col"
set help on

in the command window, does F1 then work?