Article ID: 191124 - Last Review: May 11, 2006 - Revision: 2.1

PRB: .inf Install Failure Occurs When Running Hhupd.exe

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to run Hhupd.exe the following error message appears:
INF Install Failure. Reason: Access is Denied.
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CAUSE

You do not have administrator rights on the Windows NT computer.
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RESOLUTION

Do one of the following to work around this problem:
  • Have the administrator to change your rights.
  • Log on as an administrator (with administrator rights).
  • Have the administrator run Hhupd.exe.
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
161334  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/161334/EN-US/ ) Guide To Windows NT 4.0 Profiles and Policies
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STATUS

This behavior is by design.
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MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Log on to a Windows NT computer that you do not have administrator privileges on.
  2. Run Hhupd.exe. You can download Hhupd.exe from the following Microsoft Web site (this is a redistributable file):
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0D7FC2C3-5085-4506-82A0-A838A6836A69&displaylang=en (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0D7FC2C3-5085-4506-82A0-A838A6836A69&displaylang=en)
  3. Click Yes to update Help.
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REFERENCES

For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/ (http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/)

http://support.microsoft.com/iep (http://support.microsoft.com/iep)
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft HTML Help 1.3
  • Microsoft HTML Help 1.1
  • Microsoft HTML Help 1.21
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
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