VS6 Missing MSDN Help

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Mark Olbert - 17 Sep 2004 03:22 GMT

I just installed VS6, after which I installed the October 2001 version of MSDN (the last one to
integrate with VS6).

Unfortunately, VS6 doesn't "see" the Oct2001 help files. In fact, it sees nothing.

How do I fix this?

- Mark

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Charles Weaver - 17 Sep 2004 14:08 GMT

I have the same problem.

I had to reinstall VS6 and MSDN. The help doesn't work.( It does work from
the program menu):

Unable to display Help:
A required component is missing.
Please reinstall.

Reinstalling hasn't helped.

> I just installed VS6, after which I installed the October 2001 version of MSDN (the last one to
> integrate with VS6).
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> - Mark

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Mark Olbert - 17 Sep 2004 15:14 GMT

Charles,

I finally found the answer online: there's a component that shoud get registered during
installation, which sometimes does not. You can fix the problem by registering it manually.

Here's a link to the MS KB article that describes the fix:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;250334

Good luck!

- Mark

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Charles Weaver - 17 Sep 2004 18:59 GMT

Thanks for finding this.

My daughter, for no really good reason rolled me back to the state I was in
when I bought the computer and it has been one of the biggest traumas of my
life getting back to a usable state.

> Charles,
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> - Mark

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mboracchia - 15 Nov 2004 18:21 GMT

Thank you!
It worked fine!

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