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Hi Roger,
ist ther any chance to open the express.hlp (and xppref.hlp ...) with another app but winhlo32.exe
Winhlp32.exe is not available for win 10 (and I fear it will never be)

I would have to rewrite my entire help system to do this.
Are you sure that WinHlp32.exe doesn't work?

This help system needs the support of macros, which is a risk from Microsoft's view. They provided the fixes for Window 7/8 month after they delivered those versions.

Anyway, here is help:

http://www.komeil.com/download/1230

It works and it's safe.

Thanks Tom,
I already looked at this app, but the virrus scanner (avira) is explicitly advising against the download from komeil.com !
Do you have a better view on it ?

The tip of Tom works, but some lines of the install cmd need to be added.
See http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insi ... 71e?auth=1

Daan

That winhlp32.exe should do the trick. If you are having trouble overwriting the existing winhlp32.exe in windows 10, use this http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/unlocker.html
to unlock it, you should be then able to copy in the downloaded Win 7 winhlp32.exe to C:\windows

Hi,
easy way is use WinHlp32.exe from Windows XP. Copy this version into Windows folder (replace original or, better,
copy with new name f.e. WinHlp.exe).

Piotr

This is the solution I used to get the help file with Windows 10 32 bits.

How to read an old “.hlp file (*)” on Windows 10 (x64, or, x86)
(*): The “.hlp file” must be read, without any problem, on Windows XP, 2000, ME, or, 98/98SE.
The following is a procedure to be able to read an old “.hlp file” on Windows 10 (x86).
(1) First, get the winhlp32.exe existing in the Windows directory of Windows XP (x86).
(2) Make a temporary folder (for example D:\TEMP) on the HDD of Windows 10 (x86).
(3) Copy the winhlp32.exe (obtained by the #(1) step) into the temporary folder D:\TEMP.
(4) Make a file, named Win10-Hlp32-Fix.cmd, by using the text editor.
All of the contents of the file (Win10-Hlp32-Fix.cmd) are as follows;
@echo off
set crtpth=%CD%
takeown /f "%windir%\winhlp32.exe" >nul
icacls "%windir%\winhlp32.exe" /grant *S-1-5-32-544:F >nul
copy /y "%crtpth%\winhlp32.exe" %windir%
icacls "%windir%\winhlp32.exe" /setowner "NT Service\TrustedInstaller" >nul
echo.
echo Done.
echo.
echo Press any key to Exit
pause >nul
exit
(5) Therefore, you can find two files (winhlp32.exe and Win10-Hlp32-Fix.cmd) in the D:\TEMP.
(6) Open the Command Prompt window, by selecting "Run as administrator.”
(7) Then, move the prompt to the D:\TEMP directory, by using Change Directory (CD)command.
(8) Under this condition, execute the Win10-Hlp32-Fix.cmd command in the D:\TEMP directory.
(9) After the completion of this execution, you can read an old “.hlp file” on Windows 10 (x86).
Remarks:
In the case of Windows 10 (x64), please use the winhlp32.exe existing in the Windows directory of Windows XP (x64).

i do not like copy Files into Windows Directory ... but you can change Registry to use a older copy of winhlp32.exe from "your place"

I was able to get .hlp files working in Windows 10 by doing what Piotr said but just copied winhlp32 into a folder and renamed it winhlp.exe. Then I changed the file association for .hlp to that file. Now all of my older help files work.