Flogging a deadish horse...

Subject: Flogging a deadish horse...
From: Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:46:04 -0500

Well, it's me again and I have something else to say about the "dead" WinHelp...

Here's a little quote from the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607/EN-US/) regarding WinHelp:

"The WinHelp.exe program is a version of Windows Help designed for 16-bit .hlp files. The WinHelp.exe program will continue to be included with Windows Vista."

Note that they're saying they're going to continue to distribute the OLD WinHelp executable. Now why on earth would that be?? Is it because they need to use WinHelp to do things that .CHM files can't do?

The old WinHlp32.exe can be copied from Windows XP and works just fine on Windows Vista (http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?postid=535). Their justification for dropping support for WinHelp? "...the Windows Help program has not had a major update for many releases and no longer meets Microsoft standards."

So let me see... WinHlp32.exe no longer meets Microsoft standards but WinHelp.exe (which hasn't had an update in even longer) does?

<sigh>
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