Microsoft KB Archive/187953

= Plus! 98 Err Msg: Cannot Find the Plus!.hlp Help File... =

Article ID: 187953

Article Last Modified on 8/13/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Plus! 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q187953



SYMPTOMS
If you attempt to display Microsoft Windows 98 tool tips by right-clicking or pressing F1 in the Desktop Themes tool in Control Panel, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot find the PLUS!.HLP file. Do you want to try to find this file yourself?

If you click Yes, you can browse to find the file. If you click No, you receive the following message:

Cannot find the PLUS!.HLP Help file. Check to see that the file exists on your disk. If it doesn't, you need to reinstall it.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if you have uninstalled the Plus! 98 desktop themes.

Plus! 98 Setup replaces the Windows 98 desktop themes Help files with the Plus! 98 desktop themes Help files. When you uninstall the Plus! 98 desktop themes, the Help files are removed.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use either of the following methods:

Reinstall the Plus! 98 Desktop Themes
To reinstall the Plus! 98 desktop themes, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
 * 3) In the list of installed programs, click Microsoft Plus! 98, and then click Add/Remove.
 * 4) Click Add/Remove, and then click Next.
 * 5) In the Components To Install box, click the Desktop Themes check box to select it.
 * 6) Click Next, and then follow the instructions on the screen to reinstall the Plus! 98 desktop themes.

Replace the Windows 98 Desktop Themes Help Files
To replace the Windows 98 desktop themes Help files, extract the following files from their cabinet files on the original Microsoft Windows 98 CD-ROM to the folders listed in the table below.   File        Cabinet File   Folder --

Plus.chm   Win98_27.CAB   C:\Windows\Help Plus!.hlp  Win98_44.CAB   C:\Windows\Help For information about how to extract files, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

129605 How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Plus! 98, version 1.0.

Additional query words: plus98 scheme

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbsetup KB187953

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