>ok, the foxhelp.chm, which does exist and does work when I click on it, but not when I execute these commands inside visual fox:
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>set help to "d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\msdn98\98vs\1033\foxhelp.chm"
>set help on
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>Meanwhile I'm going to see if I can move the .col from a working computer and see what happens on this one.
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>Sharon

If it works by double-clicking on the CHM file, it should work with those two commands and then hitting the F1 key. Do you get anything if you click on the Help menu pad on the VFP system menu then click the Help Topics menu item [first item in the Help menu]?