>Hi all,
>
>Has anyone else ran into this? It's a new one on me!
>
>I'm using VFP 6.0 (SP5) and for some reason, I can't bring up the help file (either using the F1 key or choosing any options from the help menu items)
>
>SET HELP is on
>
>The File Location for the help file (under Options) is pointing to
>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\msdn98\98vs\1033\msdnvs98.col
>(and that file does exist.)
>
>I actually discovered the problem when the help file for one of our applications wasn't being displayed.
>
>Any ideas? (I've got two other machines here, all with the same configuration and the help files all work fine on those machines.)
>
>TIA,


When I lost my help file, Alan gave me a response that "fixed" it again.
Here is a copy of that message:


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