Re: Lost Help Icons

From: John K.Eason (john_at_jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk)
Date: 06/22/04


Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 18:58 +0100 (BST)

In article <1DA42F50-12A8-405F-AF12-84341B375A0E@microsoft.com>, Dave
Pechter@discussions.microsoft.com (=?Utf-8?B?RGF2ZSBQZWNodGVy?=) wrote:

> All the icons and links that I would have in MSOffice VB help, or VB6
> Help are gone.
>
> An example is "FILE SYSTEM OBJECT", where there should be links, now
> there are small squares with dots in the middle. They do not respond to
> a click. This problem is for all MS chm's with these type of links. The
> problem persists when visual studio is uninstalled ,and one of many
> remaining chm files are tested. Re-installation doesn't help either.
>
> If anyone has a clue as to what could be corrupted, thanks! ---Dave

 Sounds like an IE security patch issue. Try installing the HTML Help
update from KB 811630.
 From Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-032.asp):

" As with the previous Internet Explorer cumulative patches
released with bulletins MS03-004, MS03-015, and MS03-020 this
cumulative patch will cause window.showHelp( ) to cease to
function if you have not applied the HTML Help update. If you
have installed the updated HTML Help control from Knowledge Base
article 811630, you will still be able to use HTML Help
functionality after applying this patch."
 
Regards
       John (john@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk) Remove the obvious to reply...



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