Windows Err Msg: This is Not a Valid Help FileLast reviewed: May 1, 1995Article ID: Q58258 |
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SYMPTOMSWhen you are attempting to receive help from a Windows application, such as Microsoft Excel, running under Microsoft Windows, one of the following error messages is displayed:
This is not a valid helpfile -or- This is not a Windows help file CAUSEThese errors occur because your WIN.INI file [extensions] section contains the following entry:
[extensions] hlp=winhelp.exe ^.hlpThis entry allows help files to be opened in Windows Help by running them in File Manager. However, Windows applications that use a help module with the extension .HLP (such as EXCELHLP.HLP) do not function correctly with this entry present.
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