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

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Article ID:191124
Last Review:May 11, 2006
Revision:2.0
This article was previously published under Q191124
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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://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwMicrosoftHTMLHelpDownloads.asp (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwMicrosoftHTMLHelpDownloads.asp)
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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Keywords: 
kbprb KB191124

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