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I need help with windows 3.1
Name: BriCompu Date: November 1, 2004 at 12:02:56 Pacific OS: Windows 3.1 CPU/Ram: 486/16MB
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I recently installed Windows 3.1 on a 486 computer with 16MB RAM. Whenever I try to click help on any program, it says, "Unable to show help information!" Help me please
Name: jboy Date: November 1, 2004 at 12:11:13 Pacific
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Check and see that winhelp.exe is present in your windows folder. Even if it is, might have become corrupted. You could extract a copy from one of the installation disks using 'expand' - the file to expand would be winhelp.ex_
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Response Number 2
Name: SkipCox Date: November 1, 2004 at 22:45:37 Pacific
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This is where I'd reinstall windows. When installing off floppies a file can be misread or corupted during the process.
The advice above is correct but can be a pain by the you get it done.
Skip
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Response Number 3
Name: BriCompu Date: November 4, 2004 at 11:48:35 Pacific
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I've already tried to expand it. I cannot seem to get it to work.
DOSfan
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Response Number 4
Name: jboy Date: November 4, 2004 at 12:09:54 Pacific
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I'm afraid you'll need to provide more detail than that.
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Response Number 5
Name: BriCompu Date: November 11, 2004 at 11:11:12 Pacific
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I've expanded it. When I get to Windows to use it, I does the same thing. The command I use at dos is: "expand winhelp.ex_ C:\WINDOWS\winhelp.exe"
Maybe I need to download it from somewhere.
Do you know where I can get it?
DOSfan
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Response Number 6
Name: jboy Date: November 11, 2004 at 11:27:57 Pacific
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If you've expanded it, it's probably ok - the problem may be elsewhere. Try a full reinstall as suggested by Skip.
fyi - responding at weekly intervals is not really conducive to holding anyone's interest.
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Response Number 7
Name: Kurt S Date: December 6, 2004 at 15:47:56 Pacific
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