Online Help Files

Windows NT provides Help so that you can get useful information quickly while you are working. Help contains a description of each command and dialog box, and explains procedures for most tasks. To see online Help, select an item from the Help menu of the application or tool you are using, or press F1. For a description of how to use online Help, select How To Use Help from the Help menu in Program Manager.

Windows NT includes the following online Help files.

Table 4.11 Online Help (.HLP) Files

Filename

Description

AUDIOCDC.HLP

IMA ADPCM Audio CODEC configuration help

BACKUP.HLP

Windows NT Backup utility help

CALC.HLP

Calculator tool help

CARDFILE.HLP

Cardfile tool help

CDPLAYER.HLP

CD Player help

CHARMAP.HLP

Character Map tool help

CLIPBRD.HLP

Clipbook Viewer help

CONTROL.HLP

Control Panel help

DDESHARE.HLP

DDE Share Conversation Manager help

DECPSMON.HLP

DECPSMON help

DGCONFIG.HLP

Digiboard serial driver help

DHCPADMN.HLP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Administrator help

DOSHELP.HLP

MS-DOS command-line help

DRWTSN32.HLP

Dr. Watson error log help

EDIT.HLP

MS-DOS Editor help

EVENTVWR.HLP

Event Viewer help

FREECELL.HLP

Freecell game help

FTPSMX.HLP

File Transfer Program Manager Extensions help

GLOSSARY.HLP

Windows NT Glossary help

GLOSSON.HLP

Glossary for the Windows NT messages database

HALFTONE.HLP

Halftone printing option help

HELP.HLP

Help file for Help utility

HPMON.HLP

HP Monitor help

ISDNHELP.HLP

Digiboard ISDN help

LOVIEW.HLP

Migration Tool for NetWare LogView help

MPLAYER.HLP

Media Player help

MSMAIL32.HLP

Microsoft Mail help

MUSRMGR.HLP

Windows NT workstation User Manager help

NCADMIN.HLP

Network Client Administrator help

NET.HLP

Network command-line help

NETWORK.HLP

Network help (Windows help format)

NOTEPAD.HLP

Notepad help

NTCMDS.HLP

Windows NT command-line help

NWCONV.HLP

Migration Tool for NetWare help

NWDOC.HLP

Client Service for NetWare help

NWDOCGW.HLP

Gateway Service for NetWare help

PACKAGER.HLP

Win16 Object Packager help

PBRUSH.HLP

Paintbrush™ help

PERFMON.HLP

Performance Monitor help

PID.HLP

Product Identification Number help

PIFEDIT.HLP

PIF Editor help

PLOTUI.HLP

Plotter Driver help

PRINTMAN.HLP

Print Manager help

PROGMAN.HLP

Program Manager help

PSCRIPT.HLP

PostScript driver help

QBASIC.HLP

Command-line Quick Basic help

RASADMIN.HLP

Remote Access Server Administrator help

RASDDUI.HLP

Raster Printer Device Driver User Interface help

RASGLOSS.HLP

Remote Access Service glossary help

RASPHONE.HLP

Remote Access Server Phone help

RASSETUP.HLP

Remote Access Server Setup help

RDISK.HLP

Repair Disk Utility Help

REGEDIT.HLP

Win16 Registry Editor help

REGEDT32.HLP

Windows NT Registry Editor help

RPLMGR.HLP

Remoteboot Manager help

SCHDPL32.HLP

Microsoft Schedule+ help

SETUPNT.HLP

Windows NT setup help

SFMMGR.HLP

Services for Macintosh Manager help

SNVOL32.HLP

Sound Volume tool help

SOL.HLP

Solitaire game help

SOUNDREC.HLP

Sound Recorder help

SRVMGR.HLP

Server Manager help

TCPIP.HLP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol help

TELNET.HLP

Telnet application help

TERMINAL.HLP

Terminal application help

UPEDIT.HLP

User Profile Editor help

USERCONV.HLP

User Conversion help

USRMGR.HLP

Windows NT server User Manager for Domains help

WINCHAT.HLP

Windows NT Chat help

WINDISK.HLP

Windows NT workstation Disk Administrator help

WINDISKA.HLP

Windows NT Server Disk Administrator help

WINFILE.HLP

File Manager application help

WINHELP.HLP

Win16 Help application help

WINMINE.HLP

Minesweeper help

WINNT.HLP

Windows NT introduction help

WINNT32.HLP

Network-based Windows NT installation utility help

WINNTMSG.HLP

Windows NT system and error message help

WINSADMN.HLP

WINS Manager help

WNTUPMGR.HLP

Windows NT Server Upgrade Manager help

WRITE.HLP

Windows Write help


Deleting Online Help Files

To free hard disk space, you can delete online Help files for components or files that you don't intend to use (for example, accessories and games). To remove an online Help file, delete the file using the Windows NT Setup program.

When you remove online Help files, the files are deleted from your computer. If you want to add them later, you must supply the files from the Windows NT installation disks or from a source directory on your network. For more information about removing files, see "Adding and Removing Windows NT Components" in Chapter 12, "System Maintenance with Windows NT Setup," in the Windows NT System Guide.

Because most of the Help files for Windows NT have full-text search functionality, deleting one or more Help files has other than the typical "Cannot open Help file" message seen in Windows 3.1. With Windows NT, if you remove a Help file that is part of a full-text search index, you will still see the full-text search dialog box and its list of all the Help files to search (whether or not the file is available). From there, you can type a search request and get a list of all topics containing the search string. However, if the Help file is not available, you will see the message, "Cannot open Help file."

The following table shows which files are part of each full-text search index (.IND) file. If you remove the index file and then try to use full-text search from a corresponding online Help file, Windows NT displays the message "Old or Missing Index File."

Table 4.12 Full-Text Search Index (.IND) Files for Online Help

Filename

Corresponding Help file

CALC.IND

Calculator

calc.hlp

Cardfile

cardfile.hlp

CD Player

cdplayer.hlp

Character Map

charmap.hlp

Freecell

freecell.hlp

Media Player

mplayer.hlp

Notepad

notepad.hlp

Paintbrush

Pbrush.hlp

Solitaire

sol.hlp

Sound Recorder

soundrec.hlp

Sound Volume Control

sndvol32.hlp

Terminal

terminal.hlp

Chat

winchat.hlp

Minesweeper

winmine.hlp

MUSRMGR.IND

Disk Administrator for Windows NT workstation

windisk.hlp

User Manager for Windows NT workstation

MUSRMGR.HLP

NTCMDS.IND

Command Reference

NTCMDS.HLP

USRMGR.IND

Disk Administrator for Windows NT Server

WINDISKA.HLP

User Manager for WIndows NT Server

USRMGR.HLP

User Profile Editor

UPEDIT.HLP

Server Manager

SRVRMGR.HLP

WINNT.IND

Backup

backup.hlp

Control Panel

control.hlp

Clipbook Viewer

clipbrd.hlp

Event Viewer

eventvwr.hlp

File Manager

winfile.hlp

Microsoft Mail

msmail32.hlp

Performance Monitor

perfmon.hlp

PIF Editor

pifedit.hlp

Program Manager

progman.hlp

Print Manager

printman.hlp

Registry Editor

regedt32.hlp

Schedule+

schdpl32.hlp

Setup

setupnt.hlp

Windows NT Help

winnt.hlp


Other relationships of the various Help and Index files follow: