RE: Flogging a deadish horse...

Subject: RE: Flogging a deadish horse...
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 16:07:37 -0500

This whole sorry chapter has been one big FUD from the start. I hope no
one lost too much sleep (or money) frantically converting to CHM before
WinHelp "stopped working."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Starr
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 3:46 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Flogging a deadish horse...
>
> 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 old WinHlp32.exe can be copied from Windows XP
> and works just fine on Windows Vista
> (http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?postid=535)...
>

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