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Help File Generates Error Message: Routine Not Found

Article ID: 102563

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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SYMPTOMS

You may receive the error "Routine Not Found" when starting Windows Help (WINHELP.EXE).

NOTE: This message also appears when the WINHELP.INI file incorrectly points to Help files.

CAUSE

This error occurs when the index file is not being loaded correctly, which happens if Windows Help is invoked in any of the following ways:

  • By typing winhelp <file.hlp> (where <file.hlp> is the filename of the help file you want to run) at the MS-DOS command prompt. Do not type the quotation marks.
  • By running WINHELP.EXE and choosing Open from the File menu.
  • If you add winhelp <file.hlp> (where <file.hlp> is the name of the help file) as an icon in Program Manager. Do not type the quotation marks.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, start Windows Help using one of the following methods:

  • Double-click the .HLP file in File Manager.
  • Select the .HLP file and drag it into Program Manager to create an icon.
  • Enter the .HLP file in Program Manager, specify the working directory and ONLY enter the .HLP file and its path in the Command Line box.

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