BUG: Help Files Not Available After Installing Samples Only

ID: Q120065

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) for MS-DOS, versions 6.1, 6.11

SYMPTOMS

Run the setup program and install everything but the samples. Run the setup program again and install only the samples. The NEW-VARS.BAT file is rewritten, but without setting the HELPFILES environment variable, because the Help files were not just installed. As a result, the Help files are not available in Programmer's WorkBench (PWB).

RESOLUTION

Edit the NEW-VARS.BAT and set the HELPFILES environment variable. As an example, if MASM is installed in C:\MASM611, then set HELPFILES to C:\MASM611\HELP\*.HLP.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in MASM versions 6.1 and 6.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 6.10 6.11 buglist6.10 buglist6.11

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