MOD2000: AppHelpFile Run-Time Option Does Not Work

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

1. CAUTION: If you follow the steps in this example, you modify the sample database Northwind.mdb. You may want to back up the Northwind.mdb file and follow these steps on a copy of the database.
   
   
2. In Access, open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
3. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
4. On the Add-Ins menu, click Package and Deployment Wizard.
   
   If the Package and Deployment Wizard is not available, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base to load the wizard.
   236143  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236143/EN-US/ ) MOD2000: How to Start the Package and Deployment Wizard
5. In the Package and Deployment Wizard, click Package.
6. Click Next on each page and accept the defaults until you see the page named Package and Deployment Wizard - Included Files.
7. Click to select the Include Access Runtime check box, and then click Next.
   
   NOTE: If you are asked for the location of the Access Runtime, insert the Microsoft Office 2000 developer CD, and browse to the following file:
   <cd drive>\ODETools\v9\AccessRT\Data1.msi
8. Continue clicking Next in the wizard, accepting the defaults, and then click Finish.
9. Install the Access run-time package on another computer.
10. After installing the package on the other computer, click Start, and then click Run. WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
    
    
    
11. Type Regedit, and then click OK. The Registry Editor starts.
12. In the Registry Editor, expand the tree to the following key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT
13. Add the following subkeys there:
    ACCESS RUNTIME\9.0\Profiles\MyCorp
    to create the following key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\ACCESS RUNTIME\9.0\Profiles\MyCorp
14. Browse to the following key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT
15. Create the following subkeys:
    \MyCorp\1.0\Run-Time Options
    to create the following key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\MyCorp\1.0\Run-Time Options
16. Under the subkey Run-Time Options, create the following string value:
    AppHelpFile
17. Set the value of the AppHelpFile string value to C:\Windows\Help\Calc.hlp.
    
    NOTE: Depending on the operating system that is running on the computer that you install your application to or the version of Windows Calculator on your computer, the Help file may be named Calc.chm or may exist in a different folder. Check to verify the name and the location of the file.
18. Quit the Registry Editor.
19. On the desktop, create a shortcut with the following command line. NOTE: The path to Msaccess.exe and to Northwind.mdb may be different on your computer. If you need to, make changes to the paths.
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSACCESS.EXE" /Profile "MyCorp" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Northwind.MDB"
20. Click the shortcut that you just created to run Access.
21. On the Help menu, click MyCorp Help, or Press F1.

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