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by mary

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I've had to reinstall Windows 98 because
of frequent crashes, but now when I try to
open Help, I get the message that the
hh.exe file is missing.

I've reinstalled twice and still get the
message. Where can I find this file, and
where should I put it after I find it?

Mary

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by zlatin zlatev

Go to:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/tools/htmlhelp/wkshp/download.htm

and download and install Hhupd.exe 1.32 (716 KB)
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/tools/htmlhelp/wkshp/hhupd.exe)

Another variant is, if possible (and you find yourself experienced enough) to try to make "clean" instalation of Win98:

First make emergency boot disk <>
(it will be with CD-Rom drivers) (make it from Control Panel/Add-remove programs/Startup Disk/Create Disk)

Then boot to ms-dos prompt (by pressing F8) before windows has started to load and selecting "Command prompt" from the menu.

Delete the whole windows directory with the following commands:
attrib -r -h -s \windows\*.* /s
deltree \windows

Then Reinstall Windows from your setup disk (you may need to boot from the <> if you do not have the original Setup diskette of Windows 98)

Hope this helps,
Zlatin Zlatev

by zlatin zlatev

Note that the SFC (System File Checker) will be less "painful" way {This is the second answer - if you choose this and it works for you do not give pts to me}. The idea of "clear" installation is to start from the beggining with your OS.

When youuse your PC you install&deinstall some apps, and it is true that some deinstalators totally ruin the windows registry.
I've missed to tell you that you SHOULD reinstall all your apps and all you device-drivers for your hardware, so you will need their setup-disks and some more time ;)

Good luck

by pschuvie

I think there might be a bit easier way for this one.

Get your Windows 98 CD. Go to Start>Run and type in SFC and then Ok. A dialog window comes up and select to extract one file from from the installation disk. Follow along and tell it you want hh.exe the restore path would be your windows CD - use the path to the Win98 folder. Restore can be to either C:\Windows\System or C:\Windows, try system first. IT will tell you if it found it and that it was restored. Then restart your machinefor changes to take full effect.

HTH

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