>I have followed the manuals and included in my main.prg the lines
>
>set help to golfclub.chm
>set help on
>
>On my machine using either the development environment, or a compiled exe
>file the help file comes up fine by pressing F1. However when I install the
>system the user cannot bring up the help file by pressing F1. The chm file
>is in the application root direstory.

Sounds like MSKB#Q314296 PRB: HTML Help Does Not Work from VFP Application.