Relocating Help Files in Windows with Multimedia Extensions

Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
Article ID: Q78417

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows with Multimedia Extensions version 1.0

SUMMARY

You can move the .HLP Help files in Multimedia Windows to a different directory by either creating or editing the WINHELP.INI file.

NOTE: You cannot relocate help files in the original Windows 3.0 nor 3.0a product.

MORE INFORMATION

To relocate a Help file:

Open the the WINHELP.INI file in a text editor such as Notepad and look for the [Files] section.
On a new line, place the name of the file to be relocated.
Enter an equal sign and then the path for the new location.

For example, to relocate the Calculator Help file to a directory called WHELP on network drive X:, add the following line to the [Files] section of the WINHELP.INI file:

   calc.hlp=X:\WHELP

If a WINHELP.INI file does not yet exist, one needs to be created in the following form:

   [Files]
   calc.hlp=X:WHELP

KBCategory: kbmm
KBSubcategory: win30
Additional reference words: MMWIN

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Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
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