Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) for Windows 8

I have an older design program that I need to open the help package.  I 
found this page at MS.com and tried downloading an executable for my 
Win8 machine.  But it seems this will only run on a 32 bit OS and I'm 
running 64 bits.  Any suggestions?

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Rick

On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:04:55 -0400, rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:

>I have an older design program that I need to open the help package.  I 
>found this page at MS.com and tried downloading an executable for my 
>Win8 machine.  But it seems this will only run on a 32 bit OS and I'm 
>running 64 bits.  Any suggestions?

Install a 32 bit virtual machine ?

On 2015-06-04, rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an older design program that I need to open the help package.  I 
> found this page at MS.com and tried downloading an executable for my 
> Win8 machine.  But it seems this will only run on a 32 bit OS and I'm 
> running 64 bits.  Any suggestions?

fbreader can do .chm files.


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umop apisdn

rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:

> I have an older design program that I need to open the help package.
> I found this page at MS.com and tried downloading an executable for my
> Win8 machine. But it seems this will only run on a 32 bit OS and I'm
> running 64 bits.  Any suggestions?

Hmm, I googled your subject and it produced
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35449 which
seems to offer both a 32-bit and a 64-bit download of the program
WinHlp32.exe. So I guess one of those should work?

On 6/6/2015 7:43 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
> rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have an older design program that I need to open the help package.
>> I found this page at MS.com and tried downloading an executable for my
>> Win8 machine. But it seems this will only run on a 32 bit OS and I'm
>> running 64 bits.  Any suggestions?
>
> Hmm, I googled your subject and it produced
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35449 which
> seems to offer both a 32-bit and a 64-bit download of the program
> WinHlp32.exe. So I guess one of those should work?

But you didn't follow the link to see if a 64 bit version was available. 
  It is not.  This is the same page I found and at the top it says,

System Tip
This article applies to a different version of Windows than the one you 
are using. Content in this article may not be relevant to you.
Visit the Windows 8 Solution Center

Oddly enough they have a windows 8 download link, but not 64 bit which 
is what I need even though the "system tip" fails to explain that.

Elsewhere there are instructions for installing the 32 bit executable 
under the 64 bit OS.  I'll give that a try when I get a chance.

Thanks anyway.

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Rick

On 6/8/2015 9:05 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
> rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> Hmm, I googled your subject and it produced
>>> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35449 which
>>> seems to offer both a 32-bit and a 64-bit download of the program
>>> WinHlp32.exe. So I guess one of those should work?
>>
>> But you didn't follow the link to see if a 64 bit version was
>> available. It is not.  This is the same page I found and at the top it
>> says,
>
> I actually did and got a page with checkboxes so one can download 32bit
> or 64bit or both versions but didn't try to download. Now that I tried
> at first nothing downloaded but I guess that's Microsoft hating on
> Chrome. Retried with IE and both Windows8-RT-KB917607-x64.msu and
> Windows8-RT-KB917607-x86.msu both downloaded.

I can see the check boxes in FF, but nothing downloads.  Obviously MS is 
still fighting a battle from the 90's.

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Rick

On 6/8/2015 9:05 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
> rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> Hmm, I googled your subject and it produced
>>> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35449 which
>>> seems to offer both a 32-bit and a 64-bit download of the program
>>> WinHlp32.exe. So I guess one of those should work?
>>
>> But you didn't follow the link to see if a 64 bit version was
>> available. It is not.  This is the same page I found and at the top it
>> says,
>
> I actually did and got a page with checkboxes so one can download 32bit
> or 64bit or both versions but didn't try to download. Now that I tried
> at first nothing downloaded but I guess that's Microsoft hating on
> Chrome. Retried with IE and both Windows8-RT-KB917607-x64.msu and
> Windows8-RT-KB917607-x86.msu both downloaded.

BTW, I got it downloaded and installed.  Thanks

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Rick