What program reads chm & hlp files

[0-0 Wai Wai ^-^]

Hi.
I would like to know what program (in Windows) read chm & hlp files!
Does anyone know the program's name and its location?

[eg I know *.txt is read by notepad.exe! It's location is in C:\Windows ]

 

[Gordon]

Hi.
I would like to know what program (in Windows) read chm & hlp files!
Does anyone know the program's name

Those are files for Windows Help applications. You read them with the
appropriate Help function.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

..CHM - C:\WINDOWS\hh.exe
..HLP - C:\Windows\system32\winhlp32.exe

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com



Hi.
I would like to know what program (in Windows) read chm & hlp files!
Does anyone know the program's name and its location?

[eg I know *.txt is read by notepad.exe! It's location is in C:\Windows ]

 

[0-0 Wai Wai ^-^]

Thanks so much for your help!

 

[0-0 Wai Wai ^-^]

Hi.
I have one more question!

I realise the same program exists in both C:\Windows & C:\Windows\System32
Why are there duplicate programs (eg notepad.exe / hh.exe / winhlp32.exe)?
Could I delete either one?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Thanks so much for your help!

You're welcome!

The files will be re-created automatically if you delete. Simply leave them
as they take very less disk space.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi.
I have one more question!

I realise the same program exists in both C:\Windows & C:\Windows\System32
Why are there duplicate programs (eg notepad.exe / hh.exe / winhlp32.exe)?
Could I delete either one?

 

[0-0 Wai Wai ^-^]

Thanks for your "welcome"!

So which place is for the placement of the main program?
Which place is intended as a backup only?
Is the "system32" folder simply to backup the program?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

So which place is for the placement of the main program?

Both locations have notepad.exe. Windows folder contains hh.exe but the
System32 folder doesn't, in a clean installation.

The DLLCache folder, which is used by Windows File Protection.

No.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks for your "welcome"!

So which place is for the placement of the main program?
Which place is intended as a backup only?
Is the "system32" folder simply to backup the program?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

The Old New Thing : Why are there two copies of Notepad?:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/03/28/563008.aspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com



Both locations have notepad.exe. Windows folder contains hh.exe but the
System32 folder doesn't, in a clean installation.

The DLLCache folder, which is used by Windows File Protection.

No.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks for your "welcome"!

So which place is for the placement of the main program?
Which place is intended as a backup only?
Is the "system32" folder simply to backup the program?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Thanks, Ramesh. I had often wondered (but not for very long) why
notepad.exe was in both %windir% and in %windir%\system32. ;-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

The Old New Thing : Why are there two copies of Notepad?:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/03/28/563008.aspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com



Both locations have notepad.exe. Windows folder contains hh.exe but the
System32 folder doesn't, in a clean installation.

The DLLCache folder, which is used by Windows File Protection.

No.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks for your "welcome"!

So which place is for the placement of the main program?
Which place is intended as a backup only?
Is the "system32" folder simply to backup the program?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Me too (as you can see my previous posts), Wes.
Soon Mr. Raymond Chen came to the rescue

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks, Ramesh. I had often wondered (but not for very long) why
notepad.exe was in both %windir% and in %windir%\system32. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Ramesh,

Through the years Microsoft has been pretty good about backwards
compatibility with new operating systems, no matter what anybody says. ;-)

Windows Server 2003 still has win.com for gosh sakes.
%windir%\system32\WIN.COM

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Me too (as you can see my previous posts), Wes.
Soon Mr. Raymond Chen came to the rescue

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks, Ramesh. I had often wondered (but not for very long) why
notepad.exe was in both %windir% and in %windir%\system32. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

The Old New Thing : Why are there two copies of Notepad?:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/03/28/563008.aspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com