Why do none of the Help topic links work that use EXEC

[George Hester]

None of them work. For example try this on Windows XP SP1. Go to Start |
Help and Support | Search | firewall | -->

Then in the Search Results select Enable or disable Internet Connection
Firewall. On the right the first link will be this Open Network Connections
where Network Connections is active and has this as its href:

ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\netcfg.chm:/EXEC=,control.exe, netconnections
CHM=ntshared.chm File=alt_url_windows_component.htm

Doesn't work. In fact I am finding that no links of this type work in
Windows XP. Is it supposed to be like this? Thanks.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

None of them work. For example try this on Windows XP SP1. Go to Start |
Help and Support | Search | firewall | -->

Then in the Search Results select Enable or disable Internet Connection
Firewall. On the right the first link will be this Open Network Connections
where Network Connections is active and has this as its href:

ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\netcfg.chm:/EXEC=,control.exe, netconnections
CHM=ntshared.chm File=alt_url_windows_component.htm

Doesn't work. In fact I am finding that no links of this type work in
Windows XP. Is it supposed to be like this? Thanks.

Hi

Works fine for me in WinXP SP1.

 

[George Hester]

None of them work here. So I guess the question should be how do I fix
this?

 

[George Hester]

Seems there is a problem with this Help and Support thing. The one I
pointed out is one. Here's more:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883544

This one happened to me too when I first tried this thing. But now I have
this other issue. No links using the ms-its:// protocol I mentioned are
working. I wonder if it is even in the registry...yes it's there... I
re-registered itss.dll. Nothing.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Seems there is a problem with this Help and Support thing. The one I
pointed out is one. Here's more:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883544

This one happened to me too when I first tried this thing. But now I have
this other issue. No links using the ms-its:// protocol I mentioned are
working. I wonder if it is even in the registry...yes it's there... I
re-registered itss.dll. Nothing.

Hi

Some more to try here:

http://groups.google.com/groups?&[email protected]

 

[George Hester]

Here's more Torgeir:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314330

This looks suspiciously like the boon-doggle of Microsoft's updates to IE
where what they released fried HTML Help. Mine is a Windows XP from the
Microsoft Store came with SP1 part of the product. These types of links
have NEVER worked.

 

[George Hester]

It was that ShowHelp() Torgeir:

HTML Help Update to Limit Functionality When It Is Invoked with the
window_showHelp( ) Method

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;811630

Remember that? All better now.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Help and Support Center Index is blank with a Red X mark:
And, "Related Topics" link does not work
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/helpctrindex.htm

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


It was that ShowHelp() Torgeir:

HTML Help Update to Limit Functionality When It Is Invoked with the
window_showHelp( ) Method

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;811630

Remember that? All better now.