Attempting to use an invalide compiled help (.chm) file

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alex - 25 Nov 2003 20:05 GMT

I have VS6 with MSDN Apr. 99 installed on my XP machine.
Everything worked fine untill I installed SP5.

Now, when I try to use VS6 help, I get the message
"Attempting to use an invalide compiled help (.chm) file"

What could be the problem?

Thank you,
alex

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Kristyn Wagoner [MSFT] - 25 Nov 2003 20:25 GMT

Hi Alex -

Take a look at this article to see if it addresses the issue you are
experiencing.

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> I have VS6 with MSDN Apr. 99 installed on my XP machine.
> Everything worked fine untill I installed SP5.
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> Thank you,
> alex

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Kristyn Wagoner [MSFT] - 25 Nov 2003 20:26 GMT

Hi Alex -

Take a look at this article to see if it addresses the issue you are
experiencing.

279342 PRB: MSDN Library Installation Fails or Performance Is Sluggish
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279342

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> I have VS6 with MSDN Apr. 99 installed on my XP machine.
> Everything worked fine untill I installed SP5.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Thank you,
> alex

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 25 Nov 2003 22:32 GMT

Kristyn,

Thank you very much for responding.

I followed the instructions in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279342

However, when I run hhupd.exe I get the message:
"The computer already has a newer version of HTML help".

No files are created in $temp$ folder

Thanks again,
alex

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Kristyn Wagoner [MSFT] - 26 Nov 2003 16:53 GMT

Hey Alex -

Do you get a message that asks which version you want to keep?

On Windows 2000 you will receive a file system protection warning that asks
which file version you want to retain. Choose the version of the file that
is contained in Hhudp.exe. You will then be asked, "Are you sure you want to
keep the unrecognized file version?". Click yes.

Otherwise, the best thing may be to follow the steps in this article.
240350 HOWTO: Manually Uninstall the MSDN Library
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240350

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> Kristyn,
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> Thanks again,
> alex

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alex - 26 Nov 2003 20:52 GMT

Kristyn,

No, I did not get a message that asks which version you
want to keep. And no, I am not using Win 2000. My win2K
machine works fine. the problem is with XP.

In any case, thank you very much for your help, but I gave
up. Too much work for not such a critical issue.

alex

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