Questions tagged [help-files]
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Getting started with Far Manager
I'm interested in learning Far Manager. Are there any walkthroughs or tutorials or feature tours out there? The F1 help system is good, but it's more of a reference than a beginners guide.
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Update-help fails to update two modules
On my computer (Win10 Enterprise x64, 1709) running Update-Help returns two errors:
update-help : Failed to update Help for the module(s) 'AutoSequencer, HostNetworkingService, ...
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Does Windows 8 include the Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe)?
In 2011, Symantec reported on the use of the Windows Help File (.hlp) extension as an attack vector in targeted attacks.
The functionality of the help file permits a call to the Windows API
which,...
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How do I configure helpd on OSX so that it doesn't periodically call home to application sites?
Little Snitch, an outgoing network traffic blocker, notifies me when an application is attempting to establish a connection.
Many applications that I've installed have apparently registered ...
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Convert Microsoft .hlp to something else printable [closed]
Anyone know of a good (free) tool that will convert a .hlp file into something that is decently formatted for printing? PDF would be great, but anything printable will work.
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Seeking alternative to Windows Help viewer
MicroSotft discontinued the Help Viewer with Vista. It is still available as a download, but I am having problems installing that, so while I try to solve them I thought that I woudl ask if anyone ...
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Vim: map shift-K to open help on current word in a new tab
In conjunction with https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3131393/remapping-help-in-vim-to-open-in-a-new-tab , I'm looking to also make the shift-K shortcut that opens help in a new tab.
I first tried ...
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How do I prevent F1 from opening help in Excel 2013, without using VBA?
How do I prevent F1 from opening help in Excel 2013?
The only information I found elsewhere entailed using VBA or, for the whole system (I'm using Windows 8), editing the registry. I would prefer to ...
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File-size limits for CHM (HTML Help format) files?
We are using Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop, specifically hhc.exe, to assemble a CHM file containing HTML-formatted documentation. Officially there is no limit on the size of a CHM file, but as our ...
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How to check version of ssh-keygen?
What command can be used in Linux to display the version of ssh-keygen? Its man page doesn't tell the version, oddly, nor does it mention any option to do it (e.g. -v or --version). Of no use is apt-...
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All of the about_* topics are missing from my PowerShell help. What gives?
I've not used PowerShell often on this machine — it was updated from windows 7 pro to windows 10 a few months ago. $PSVersionTable shows I'm on version 5.
I've run update-help as administrator, but ...
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What’s the deal with helpfiles these days?
In relation with this question at SuperUser, I also want some user feedback about this topic.
So you install a desktop application which you've just bought/downloaded/pirated and you start it up. You ...
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Need Winhlp32.exe
I know that that WinHelp is discontinued. No more included since Windows Vista. However, while Vista was still supported by Microsoft, I still could install it. Now, no more. Every time I got error in ...
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CHM Compiled Help files all give - NOT FOUND error
I remember fixing this error on an old PC of mine. It involve a SIMPLE Internet explorer option change but I can no longer find it.
Any idea?
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How do I make an existing .chm file searchable?
I have downloaded a .chm file that is a basic python help file. When I open it using Sumatra, it does not have the search bar that has always been there for other documents. Is there anything I can do ...
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mautrix-whatsapp bridge setup with matrix-synapse
So i just finally got my matrix server up and running but now whenever i try run whatsapp bridge after adding path in "app_service_config_files" i get this error:
[FATAL] The as_token was ...
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How do I create a searchable help file?
I am writing a help file for a product and I need the help file to be searchable.
The help file can be HTML, PDF, DOC, etc., but I need a way to search, list and bring the user to the relevant page. ...
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Autodesk Inventor 2013 Support
I'm trying to print the entire Autodesk Inventor and/or Inventor Pro help documentation.
Due to the formatting of the .htm files, when I print them, they come out lacking crutial content. (Usually ...
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Are there more functions set in the insert equation option of Microsoft Word?
Good morning, I wanted to know if there are more default functions in Microsoft Word math environment to insert style functions like for example
Specifically, I am interested in knowing if there are ...
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windows script to copy text from one file into a new file
I am noob at coding! I am trying to create a windows script that I can copy text from one file into another. My main goal is to find lines in the text with "started processing" and "file". I am hoping ...
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What is the name for these help files, and how can I browse them out of program?
There is a very specific type of help file in Windows that has been around for decades now, yet I'm not quite sure what they're called, or how to browse them.
They're often heavily text oriented and ...
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How to show Matlab local documentation in system browser when pressing F1?
I'm using Windows7 and Matlab R2013a on my PC.
I find it impossible to copy/paste in Matlab's window help or help browser:
so I click Get Page Address and copy the command:
web([docroot '/matlab/ref/...
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My Windows 10 computer shuts off while playing Scrap Mechanic
I have a Win10 computer with 2 repairs in it. After them the computer was running fine. But in 30th October while playing a game the computer shutted down. I checked for any updates. Then i updated my ...
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In emacs how do you find a function's documentation in info
Doing C-h f looks up the help for a function in emacs, and by clicking the link in the help box I can go to the source.
Is there a way to go from the function help window to info, searching ...
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Is there any normal help in nowadays MS Office?
I found that Office 2010 does not contain normal help system. For example, being in OneNote 2010 I am unable to find how to enter mathematical formulas and which latext codes are supported. Neither ...
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Microsoft Office Help shows up in HTML...?
I cannot access my Microsoft help files though any Office application.
Facts:
Windows XP
Office 2007
Works for other user accounts on the same machine
Checked file extensions - HTML, HTM, XHTML and ...
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Is there an universal way to get the help for a command in cmd?
I have noticed there are multiple ways to get help information within the Windows command line (cmd) using the help, ?, /? tokens.
For example, these are valid:
help tasklist
help find
tasklist /?
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Documents is now desktop in This PC drop down in file explorer
I have no idea how I pulled this off but I was trying to follow a tutorial to remove the one drive documents folder and now I just don't have a documents folder in "this pc" in file explorer....
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A better way how to view *.chm files [closed]
I'm able to decompile *.chm file using hh -decompile <target_folder> <help_file.chm> in help_file.chm location (see Question: decompiling chm file: hh.exe requires only the filename. no ...
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How can I download many links in the same time using FFMPEG?
Is it possible to use ffmpeg -i -c copy with several links at once?
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My PHP Manual Examples Are Tiny
The example code in the PHP manuals that I downloaded recently (June 2019 and Sept? 2018) are so tiny that I cannot read them.
The 2009 manual is fine.
What could be the problem?
See attached ...
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What is the right way to delete `C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\HelpLibrary`?
The C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\HelpLibrary takes 2.6 Gb. I can simply delete it as folder, but is it a good solution? Are there garantees that these files will not appreaed in future?
Searching in ...
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How can I achieve a chart like this one in Excel?
I have data for X and Y axes, and for the point represented by the red lines: 3958.08 at 2010.
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Open language documentation?
In GitHub's Atom editor, is there a package to find the current word in the file-type-associated language documentation?
E.g.
cursor on word or word selected, ..cloneNode(true);
press F1 (or other ...
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PowerShell "F1" doesn't show any useful about_* topics after updating it properly
When I installed Win10, I brought over a PowerShell profile that I'd maintained since the days of PowerShell beta that still had some old modules in it that no longer work. Nothing particularly ...
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Working wifi but cannot connect to it - says connection excellent?
For two days I've been unable to connect to my wifi although it shows that my connection is 'Excellent'.
• I can connect through wired ethernet
• Netbook wifi is enabled
• Done a hard reset
• ...
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What should the .help file extension be registered to on OS X?
I recently got a package of .help manual files for a device. Unfortunately, some gremlin has decided these files should open with "Disk Inventory X", which gets thrown into an absolute transport by ...
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Windows 10 2004 using powershell-7.0 to update help files
On Windows 10 v2004, within PowerShell 7.0.3 x64, I don't know why it's showing the resource as unavailable:
PS > Update-help -UICulture en-US
Update-Help: Failed to update Help for the ...
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How to use `less` as default pager for `--help`?
I use --help option a lot. It's annoying how it jumps to the end with help. It can be done with |less option. I want |less to be my default option. Can I use less as default paging for --help?
I use ...
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The Vim documentation illustrates a "wrong way" to add comments to HTML. What's wrong with it?
The "syntax.txt" chapter in the official Vim documentation says:
HTML comments are rather special (see an HTML reference document for the
details), and the syntax coloring scheme will highlight all ...
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How to recover Veracrypt encrypted Windows
I have a fully encrypted windows 10, I wanted to try Ubuntu and booted it from the USB stick then I just wanted to try it out or install it on the stick. Then I got to the point about LVM and Luks ...
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Microsoft HTML Help - 64 bit version?
I have an abnormally large CHM file with about 10,000 HTM files within it. The person who originally compiled it seems to have used Doxygen to generate it, but I'm having trouble modifying it and then ...
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Laptop Submerged in Water Overnight (flood)
I know I have to turn off my laptop when accidents with water happen. My room was flooded the other night and i only noticed in the morning that my laptop was submerged in water.
When I put it on ...
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Can any one help me.it shows every time I scan
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them.
For online repairs, details are included in the CBS log file located at
windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\...
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How do I install a program on an external drive while using it on my computer?
I'm looking to recover files from my laptop.
I don't want to install the recovery software on the internal HDD, and instead on an external drive (like a USB flash drive) and operate the software on ...
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Where is the Microsoft HTML (CHM) Help Viewer stored? [duplicate]
Sometime ago I messed with opening chm files. I set a pdf viewer as the default app for viewing chm files and now I want the Microsoft HTML help Viewer to be set as default chm viewer. The problem is ...
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WYSIWYG Help Documentation Generators
I am looking for applications/3rd party libraries that can create online(.html) and offline(.hlp) help documentation for our application.
Does anyone know of good help documentation generaters that ...
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How to use an external harddrive as the main harddrive
What I mean by this is that I hope to eliminate the use for an internal hard drive since I'm having some issues with it that I'd rather just leave behind
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How to block when someone accesses the Ip through the browser
I am using Debian, Nginx
I am a little novice in nginx
I have purchased a VPS Server, when I access my IP 33.xxx.xxx.xxx.xx through my browser either as https:// IP or http:// IP my website content is ...
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What do I do if I accidentally uninstalled my system hard drive drivers
While doing a repair , I accidentally uninstalled the driver's for my system SD hard drive, the system ran for a little bit, but then ended up crashing and has gone into a restart and does not ...
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