Sharon, open up your registry (regedit) to HK_CLASSES_ROOT and look for an entry of ".COL". If it's not there, add it as a new key. Then set the default (or make sure it's already set) to "COL_auto_file".

Then look further down to make certain there is a key of "COL_auto_file". If not, add it. Within that key, make sure there is a hierarchy of:

COL_auto_file
      Shell
        open
          command

And in the command, make sure the default is "C:\WINDOWS\hh.exe "%1"" (you wouldn''t type the opening and closing quote marks, the system puts them there).

If your hh.exe is somwhere other than C:\WINDOWS, use that directory instead.

Then try out the help again

Alan


>>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]?
>
>Using the F1 key vs the menu pad does not make any difference at all. Also copying the .col file from a known working computer doesn't do any good either. Is there a .dll besides FoxHHelpPS.dll that I could be missing?
>
>Sharon