Microsoft KB Archive/132133

= ACC2: MS Access 2.0 Help File Search Option Fails in Windows 95 =

Article ID: 132133

Article Last Modified on 11/6/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q132133





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Access running under Windows 95, if you press the F1 key from any Module window while the mouse pointer is positioned in white space (not on any text), you receive the following error message:

An Error Exists in the Help File. Contact your Application Vendor for an Updated Help File. (1053)

Once this error has occurred, you cannot use the Search option on the Help menu until you start Help from another object in Microsoft Access or you click Contents on the Help menu.



RESOLUTION
To reset the Help menu's Search option, use one of the following methods:
 * Position the mouse pointer on an Access Basic reserved word, and press the F1 key.

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 * Click the Help menu. On the Help menu, click Contents, and then click Search.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access version 2.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base it becomes available.



Steps to Reproduce Problem
 From any Module window in Microsoft Access, with the mouse pointer positioned in white space (not on any text), press F1. Note that you receive the following error message:

An Error Exists in the Help File. Contact your Application Vendor for an Updated Help File. (1053)

 On the Help menu, click Search. Note that the Search file is not invoked.

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