Re: FOXDOC.HLP

2018-11-06 Thread Man-wai Chang
What's the error message? Are you using Win 10 to open it? Win 7? You need the winhelp system installed. Read: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_install-insiderplat_pc/winhlp32-do-we-have-to-go-through-this-again/ddcc2f40-e4f3-407b-9672-ee8a2b08a71e?auth=1

Re: FOXDOC.HLP

2018-11-05 Thread Fred Taylor
Doesn't the old .HLP/.CHM files have to reside on the local drive, not a network drive? Fred On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 9:55 AM Ted Roche wrote: > Since a number of files claim to be "corrupt" at the same time, I'm > inclined to believe either the reader is broken or there has been damage to >

Re: FOXDOC.HLP

2018-11-05 Thread Ted Roche
Since a number of files claim to be "corrupt" at the same time, I'm inclined to believe either the reader is broken or there has been damage to the operating system. I'd suggest making a backup and then testing proper operation of the OS, the disk image, etc. I don't know if you have access to any

Re: FOXDOC.HLP

2018-11-04 Thread Charles Hart Enzer, M.D.
Thank you, Ted. I am running the foxes in a virtual XP machine. Message" Not a Windows Help file or the file is corrupt. These open fine: - FOXHELP.HLP - FOXERROR.HLP - and some WINDOWS help files These give the error: - RAID.HLP - RAIDER.HLP - FOXDOC.HLP - COLRHELP.HLP

Re: FOXDOC.HLP

2018-11-04 Thread Ted Roche
.HLP files don't work in recent versions of Windows, as the Help reader had been "deprecated" (abandoned) by Microsoft, in favor of HTML Help. Are you sure your .HLP file is corrupted, and it's not just a problem with the viewer? What errors are you getting? On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 4:36 PM