Microsoft KB Archive/191124

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PRB: .inf Install Failure Occurs When Running Hhupd.exe

Article ID: 191124

Article Last Modified on 5/11/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft HTML Help 1.3
• Microsoft HTML Help 1.1
• Microsoft HTML Help 1.21
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q191124

SYMPTOMS

When you try to run Hhupd.exe the following error message appears:

INF Install Failure. Reason: Access is Denied.

CAUSE

You do not have administrator rights on the Windows NT computer.

RESOLUTION

Do one of the following to work around this problem:

• Have the administrator to change your rights.
• Log on as an administrator (with administrator rights).
• Have the administrator run Hhupd.exe.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

161334 Guide To Windows NT 4.0 Profiles and Policies

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Log on to a Windows NT computer that you do not have administrator privileges on.
2. Run Hhupd.exe. You can download Hhupd.exe from the following Microsoft Web site (this is a redistributable file):

   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwMicrosoftHTMLHelpDownloads.asp

3. Click Yes to update Help.

REFERENCES

For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/

http://support.microsoft.com/iep

Keywords: kbprb KB191124

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