Inactive Links in VBA Help Files

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Jim

I am using Excel 2000 (SR-1) on a Windows 2000 operating
system. When I try to use the VBA help files for any
particular topic, the links for References, Methods,
Propertys, Examples that are usually at the top of the
help file are missing. I've removed and reinstalled Excel
but the problem persists. Anyone have any ideas as to
what I should do next to get the links back? Thanks in
advance for your help.

Jim
 
Jim,
I am using Excel 2000 (SR-1) on a Windows 2000 operating
system. When I try to use the VBA help files for any
particular topic, the links for References, Methods,
Propertys, Examples that are usually at the top of the
help file are missing ...
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A number of the security patches for Internet Explorer that Microsoft
has released this year are known to break the HTML Help ActiveX
control, which is the component that provides the navigation
facilities in help files.

The problem is described in Knowledge Base article 822989 and, in most
cases, installing Critical Update 811630 should sort it out.

822989: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822989
811630: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811630

The exception to this is Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 installed.
In this case, you must unregister the ActiveX control and then
re-register it, by running the following two commands from a command
prompt:

regsvr32 /u <drive>:\winnt\system32\hhctrl.ocx
regsvr32 <drive>:\winnt\system32\hhctrl.ocx
 
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