PRB: .inf Install Failure Occurs When Running Hhupd.exe

ID: Q191124

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft HTML Help, versions 1.3, 1.1, 1.21
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you try to run Hhupd.exe the following error message appears:

INF Install Failure. Reason: Access is Denied.

CAUSE

You do not have administrator rights on the Windows NT computer.

RESOLUTION

Do one of the following to work around this problem:

Have the administrator to change your rights.

Log on as an administrator (with administrator rights).

Have the administrator run Hhupd.exe.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161334 Guide To Windows NT 4.0 Profiles and Policies

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Log on to a Windows NT computer that you do not have administrator privileges on.

Run Hhupd.exe. You can download Hhupd.exe from the following web site (this is a redistributable file):
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/localize.asp

Click Yes to update Help.

REFERENCES

For more information, please see the MSDN Web Workshop:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/default.asp

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbHTMLHelp kbNTOS400 kbWinOS2000 kbHTMLHelp110 kbHTMLHelp121 kbHTMLHelp130
Version : WINDOWS:1.1,1.21; winnt:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb