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Does Windows 7 have a CHM viewer preinstalled? Windows Vista didn't have one, so helpfiles of most regular software could not be viewed.
Robinicks
Posted 2009-10-18T02:55:45.147
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Does Windows 7 include a CHM Helpfile viewer?
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Yes, Windows 7 includes a CHM viewer:
Vista had one as well as CarlF mentioned in the comments; maybe there was something wrong with your installation?
John T
Posted 2009-10-18T02:55:45.147
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Maybe Jeremy made a mistake with the .hlp files, the older format for help files. Vista did not have a program to open them, nor had Windows 7. Microsoft released an update for both OSes to add back this support. It's very recent for Win7 and available here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=258aa5ec-e3d9-4228-8844-008e02b32a2c
– Snark – 2009-10-18T06:39:18.320Possibly, but he said CHM in the title so I went off of that. – John T – 2009-10-18T06:52:22.317
5What are you talking about? Vista does have a built-in CHM viewer.
I say this as a guy who gets paid to write help files. They're all in CHM format and work fine with Vista. – CarlF – 2009-10-18T05:36:50.187
With Windows Vista, Microsoft dropped support for WinHelp (*.hlp). But if you tried to actually view a .hlp file you would be presented with a page where you could download it. Compiled HTML (chm) files are not depricated. – Ian Boyd – 2009-10-29T19:19:26.013