Err Msg: This File Is Not a Windows Help File
This article was previously published under Q159340 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a Help (.hlp) file located on the Microsoft
Windows 95 CD-ROM using Microsoft Windows or Windows for Workgroups
version 3.x, the following error message is displayed:
This file is not a Windows Help file.
When you click OK, you receive the following error message:
A newer version of Help is needed to view this Help file.
CAUSE
Due to formatting changes made in Windows 95 Help files, the Windows or
Windows for Workgroups 3.x version of Winhelp.exe is unable to open
Windows 95 Help files. This includes the uncompressed Help files located
on the Windows 95 CD-ROM.
RESOLUTION
Upgrade your version of Windows to Windows 95.
MORE INFORMATION
When you upgrade Windows or Windows for Workgroups 3.x to Windows 95, the
old version of Winhelp.exe is replaced with new versions of Winhelp.exe
and Winhelp32.exe. These versions can open the uncompressed Help files
located on the Windows 95 CD-ROM, and allow for backwards compatibility in
that they are also able to open Windows or Windows for Workgroups 3.x Help
files.
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