From: jo on
On Jul 6, 3:31 pm, "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam...(a)interserv.com> wrote:
> "jo" <phillysle...(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
>
> news:5da4ea15-1edd-40dd-9626-0ca9407cce97(a)w31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>
> > For sometime now, I've received the message "Can't start Windows Help"
> > whenever I click on Quicken Help from the Help menu option.  What's up
> > with that?  Sounds like a file corruption, but I don't know which one..
>
> could be one of two areas : the actual HELP service, or the file
>
> Try searching for the "Quicken.chm" file - and click on it to open Help -
> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\Quicken\Help

I could only find a file "QUI.CHM" at that location and it brought up
the Help screens fine. I don't have trouble with Help in any other
application. What's my next step to pinpoint this? I would think
that if it is the HELP service, it wouldn't work for anything.

Thanks,

jo
From: jslcr1 on
On Jul 6, 2:13 pm, jo <phillysle...(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> For sometime now, I've received the message "Can't start Windows Help"
> whenever I click on Quicken Help from the Help menu option.  What's up
> with that?  Sounds like a file corruption, but I don't know which one.

From: jslcr1 on
Help File not showing up

If this is the case where when you try to open the Help file in
Quicken and you get an empty box or something like an HTML error try
to make IE the default browser.

Close Quicken - open IE - Tool - Internet Options - Programs - click
where it says "Make Default"
Reopen Quicken and see if this fixes this problem.

Had the same issue with the Help file and this is what fixed it on my
computer.

Also find quicken.lif and check to see if it is a Read Only, if it
checked as such unselect "Read only".

You can also try to uninstall Answerworks through the Add/Remove and
then reinstall it.
You can find the exe file for it under C:\Program Files\Quicken
\AnswerWorks (Windows XP)

Make sure Quicken is not running when you do this.

From: jo on
On Jul 6, 5:51 pm, jslcr1 <jsl1...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> Help File not showing up
>
> If this is the case where when you try to open the Help file in
> Quicken and you get an empty box or something like an HTML error try
> to make IE the default browser.
>
> Close Quicken - open IE - Tool - Internet Options - Programs - click
> where it says "Make Default"
> Reopen Quicken and see if this fixes this problem.
>
> Had the same issue with the Help file and this is what fixed it on my
> computer.
>
> Also find quicken.lif and check to see if it is a Read Only, if it
> checked as such unselect "Read only".
>
> You can also try to uninstall Answerworks through the Add/Remove and
> then reinstall it.
> You can find the exe file for it under C:\Program Files\Quicken
> \AnswerWorks (Windows XP)
>
> Make sure Quicken is not running when you do this.

IE has always been the default browser and the message I get is as
posted in the start of the thread. No empty box, no HTMl error, just
"Can't start Windows Help",
From: ps56k on

"jo" <phillysleuth(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
news:f9237a8a-def1-4f82-8226-deb2d2309226(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 6, 3:31 pm, "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam...(a)interserv.com> wrote:
> "jo" <phillysle...(a)verizon.net> wrote in message
>
> news:5da4ea15-1edd-40dd-9626-0ca9407cce97(a)w31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
>
> > For sometime now, I've received the message "Can't start Windows Help"
> > whenever I click on Quicken Help from the Help menu option. What's up
> > with that? Sounds like a file corruption, but I don't know which one.
>
> could be one of two areas : the actual HELP service, or the file
>
> Try searching for the "Quicken.chm" file - and click on it to open Help -
> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\Quicken\Help

I could only find a file "QUI.CHM" at that location and it brought up
the Help screens fine. I don't have trouble with Help in any other
application. What's my next step to pinpoint this? I would think
that if it is the HELP service, it wouldn't work for anything.
----

was it QHI.chm vs QUI.chm ?

The QHI should display the "Quicken Home Inventory" help info ?
What kind of product info help displays when you open that QUI help file ?

Anything else in that sub-dir ?