PRB: Starting Books Online May Take Minutes to Load

Q109194

---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, version 1.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== The "Microsoft Visual C++" Windows Program Manager group, which is installed with Visual C++ version 1.5, contains an icon called "Books Online." When double-clicking the icon to start the viewer for online books, the computer may appear to hang. CAUSE ===== The Contents window for the online books may require 1-3 minutes to load. RESOLUTION ========== Let the system continue to execute and the Contents window will eventually appear. To improve the speed for loading the book viewer, copy the necessary files to a hard drive or network drive. To do this, perform the following steps (you'll need approximately 55 megabytes of free disk space): 1. Copy VCBKS15.HDX, VCBKS15.HLP, VCBKS15.IND, and VCSDK15.HLP, located on the CD in the \MSVC\HELP directory, to a hard drive or network drive. 2. Modify the CONTENTS.INI file located in the Windows directory. You will see two sections in the CONTENTS.INI file: [VCBKS15] and [VCSDK15]. Both sections contain a "Path=" statement. After each Path= statement, specify the directory where you placed the files from step 1. For example, your CONTENTS.INI file might resemble the following: [VCBKS15] Path=D:\MSVC\HELP\ . . . [VCSDK15] Path=D:\MSVC\HELP\ Additional query words: 1.50

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Issue type : kbprb
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