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DJWim

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HTML Help feature (F1) does not work
« on: January 18, 2006, 03:46:59 AM »
The F1 Help function does not work for Windows Visual Basic 6.0, as well as for Windows Media Player, and even Internet Explorer. I get either "Action cancelled" or "The page cannot be displayed" in the right pane. (Windows XP proffesional, SP2)

I've found this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892675/
"HTML Help features may not work after you install security update 896358 or security update 890175", which most likely is the cause.
However, I can't get my help for Visual Basic up and running again. I've patched the registry, as suggested in the article, but without any luck.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\HHRestrictions]
"UrlAllowList"="file://C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\MSDN98\\98VSa\\1033"
"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000001
"EnableFrameNavigationInSafeMode"=dword:00000001


I've tried various syntax for UrlAllowList. Can somebody tell me how to bypass the security updates for the VB application, and/or tell me the correct keys for this?

Thanks in advance,
_Wim_
« Last Edit: January 18, 2006, 03:51:14 AM by DJWim »

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    Re: HTML Help feature (F1) does not work
    « Reply #1 on: January 18, 2006, 05:42:45 AM »
    Just to take the pain off, I would just re-install it.
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      Re: HTML Help feature (F1) does not work
      « Reply #2 on: January 18, 2006, 05:47:00 AM »
      And I would never ignore malware check.
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      Re: HTML Help feature (F1) does not work
      « Reply #3 on: January 18, 2006, 06:12:23 AM »
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      Just to take the pain off, I would just re-install it.
      What to re-install?  :-?
      I did try to re-install Visal Basic & MSDN library (with no results), but found out that also Mediaplayer (V9) & IE6 have the same symtoms.
      Besides, according the article from Microsoft, this seems to be the "expected" behaviour of the security patch. I could try to remove these security patches, but rather not. The article seems to indicate a supported workaround, just I can't get it to work.  :(