configuring on line help

Several time when pressing F1 to get help on a class or something in a line of code I get this message/page

You have chosen to use local Help only for Search and F1 results, and the topic could not be found in local Help.

This error can be caused when local Help has not been installed or only a subset of local Help was installed.

To correct this error

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

  2. Expand Help and then click Online.

  3. In When loading Help content, select Try local first, then online.

  4. In Search these providers, verify that MSDN Online or Codezone Community is selected.

  5. Click OK and then try to access Help again.

I follow the instructions and my configuration is already exactly as recomended. What do I need to change to get acceess to this onn line help.

In this particular case I was looking at help here:

ms-help://MS.VSExpressCC.v80/MS.NETFramework.v20.en/cpref6/html/T_System_Diagnostics_EventLog.htm#seeAlsoToggle

Partway down the page there is a section titled: "Other Resources" which contains an underlined link labeled: Logging Applications, Server, and Security Events. When I click that, I get the above message.




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configuring on line help

  • sameach

    Try repairing the VS Express installation via add/remove programs and make sure to add the MSDN library as an optional component. See if that fixes your problem and let me know.

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