What program reads chm & hlp files

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Hi.
I would like to know what program (in Windows) read chm & hlp files!
Does anyone know the program's name and its location?

[eg I know *.txt is read by notepad.exe! It's location is in C:\Windows ]
 
Hi.
I would like to know what program (in Windows) read chm & hlp files!
Does anyone know the program's name
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Those are files for Windows Help applications. You read them with the
appropriate Help function.
 
..CHM - C:\WINDOWS\hh.exe
..HLP - C:\Windows\system32\winhlp32.exe

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com



Hi.
I would like to know what program (in Windows) read chm & hlp files!
Does anyone know the program's name and its location?

[eg I know *.txt is read by notepad.exe! It's location is in C:\Windows ]
 
Hi.
I have one more question!

I realise the same program exists in both C:\Windows & C:\Windows\System32
Why are there duplicate programs (eg notepad.exe / hh.exe / winhlp32.exe)?
Could I delete either one?
 
Thanks so much for your help!

You're welcome!

The files will be re-created automatically if you delete. Simply leave them
as they take very less disk space.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi.
I have one more question!

I realise the same program exists in both C:\Windows & C:\Windows\System32
Why are there duplicate programs (eg notepad.exe / hh.exe / winhlp32.exe)?
Could I delete either one?
 
Thanks for your "welcome"!

So which place is for the placement of the main program?
Which place is intended as a backup only?
Is the "system32" folder simply to backup the program?
 
So which place is for the placement of the main program?

Both locations have notepad.exe. Windows folder contains hh.exe but the
System32 folder doesn't, in a clean installation.

The DLLCache folder, which is used by Windows File Protection.

No.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks for your "welcome"!

So which place is for the placement of the main program?
Which place is intended as a backup only?
Is the "system32" folder simply to backup the program?
 
The Old New Thing : Why are there two copies of Notepad?:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/03/28/563008.aspx

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com



Both locations have notepad.exe. Windows folder contains hh.exe but the
System32 folder doesn't, in a clean installation.

The DLLCache folder, which is used by Windows File Protection.

No.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks for your "welcome"!

So which place is for the placement of the main program?
Which place is intended as a backup only?
Is the "system32" folder simply to backup the program?
 
Thanks, Ramesh. I had often wondered (but not for very long) why
notepad.exe was in both %windir% and in %windir%\system32. ;-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Ramesh said:
The Old New Thing : Why are there two copies of Notepad?:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/03/28/563008.aspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com



Both locations have notepad.exe. Windows folder contains hh.exe but the
System32 folder doesn't, in a clean installation.

The DLLCache folder, which is used by Windows File Protection.

No.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks for your "welcome"!

So which place is for the placement of the main program?
Which place is intended as a backup only?
Is the "system32" folder simply to backup the program?
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Me too (as you can see my previous posts), Wes.
Soon Mr. Raymond Chen came to the rescue :)

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks, Ramesh. I had often wondered (but not for very long) why
notepad.exe was in both %windir% and in %windir%\system32. ;-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Hi Ramesh,

Through the years Microsoft has been pretty good about backwards
compatibility with new operating systems, no matter what anybody says. ;-)

Windows Server 2003 still has win.com for gosh sakes.
%windir%\system32\WIN.COM

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Ramesh said:
Me too (as you can see my previous posts), Wes.
Soon Mr. Raymond Chen came to the rescue :)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks, Ramesh. I had often wondered (but not for very long) why
notepad.exe was in both %windir% and in %windir%\system32. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Ramesh said:
The Old New Thing : Why are there two copies of Notepad?:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/03/28/563008.aspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
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