FIX: VB Pro Setup Fails to Correctly Associate .HLP Files (100191)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Standard Edition for Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 3.0
This article was previously published under Q100191 SYMPTOMS
If you click a file with the .HLP extension from File Manager, you may
receive this message:
Cannot Run Program. There is no application associated with this file.
Choose Associate from the File menu to create an association. (This
error occurs when running Microsoft Windows version 3.11 operating
system.)
Cannot access the file at this time. Make sure the file is not in use by
another program and it is a valid program file. (This error occurs when
running Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11.)
CAUSE
The Setup program in the Professional Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic
version 3.0 for Windows adds the following problem line to the extensions
section of the WIN.INI file if no association for .HLP file currently
exists:
HLP=D:\WINDOWS\SETUPWIZ.INI ^.HLP
If there is already an entry for the .HLP file extension in the WIN.INI
file no change is made by the Setup program.
WORKAROUND
Locate the following line in the WIN.INI file in the \WINDOWS directory:
HLP=D:\WINDOWS\SETUPWIZ.INI ^.HLP
Replace it with the following line:
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Microsoft Visual Basic version
3.0 for Windows. This bug was corrected in Microsoft Visual Basic version
4.0 for Windows.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/28/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbfix KB100191 |
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