Article ID: 100191
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q100191
SYMPTOMS
If you click a file with the .HLP extension from File Manager, you may receive this message:
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CAUSE
The Setup program in the Professional Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic version 3.0 for Windows adds the following problem line to the extensions section of the WIN.INI file if no association for .HLP file currently exists:
HLP=D:\WINDOWS\SETUPWIZ.INI ^.HLP
If there is already an entry for the .HLP file extension in the WIN.INI file no change is made by the Setup program.
WORKAROUND
Locate the following line in the WIN.INI file in the \WINDOWS directory:
HLP=D:\WINDOWS\SETUPWIZ.INI ^.HLP
Replace it with the following line:
HLP=WINHELP.EXE ^.HLP
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Microsoft Visual Basic version 3.0 for Windows. This bug was corrected in Microsoft Visual Basic version 4.0 for Windows.
Additional query words: buglist3.00 3.00 Help fixlist4.00
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB100191