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What's wrong with my dot.net help?

I have Visual Studio .NET 2003. I have a problem withe the help files.

When I click with the mouse any item in an index list download from the internet starts. There is a text "downloading ..." on a status bar. If my laptop is connected to a network after few minutes (5 or more) I get the page. If my laptop is not connected to a network I get a message (after 5 or more minutes) "Page not found" (or something like that)

On a toolbar there is a combo box having a text
ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/MS.MSDNQTR.2003FEB.1033/cpref/html/ ..

What can I do to correct the problem? The help files used to work properly. This mess started on January 2004.
Jul 21 '05 #1
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Hi Liisa

It seems to me that you simply have your Visual Studio configured to always use the Internet help files. To correct the problem, go to the Start Page, click My Profile (on the right pane) and then select Show Help: Internal Help

I hope this helps. If not, do post again

Cheers

Jerom

----- Liisa Auer wrote: ----

I have Visual Studio .NET 2003. I have a problem withe the help files.

When I click with the mouse any item in an index list download from the internet starts. There is a text "downloading ..." on a status bar. If my laptop is connected to a network after few minutes (5 or more) I get the page. If my laptop is not connected to a network I get a message (after 5 or more minutes) "Page not found" (or something like that)

On a toolbar there is a combo box having a text
ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/MS.MSDNQTR.2003FEB.1033/cpref/html/ ..

What can I do to correct the problem? The help files used to work properly. This mess started on January 2004.
Jul 21 '05 #2
Internal/External Help radio button
Specifies whether to display Help within a window in the IDE or in a separate window available outside of the IDE.

I solved the problem myself. F-Secure Anti-Virus was scanning the help files every time I selected something in an index list. I excluded the help file folder from the F-Secure scanning list and now the help files are working OK.
Jul 21 '05 #3

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