WinHelp
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Microsoft WinHelp is a proprietary format for online help files that can be displayed by the Microsoft Help browser winhelp.exe or winhlp32.exe. The file format is based on Rich Text Format (RTF). It remained a popular Help platform from Windows 3.0 through Windows XP. WinHelp was removed in Windows Vista purportedly to discourage software developers from using the obsolete format and encourage use of newer help formats. Support for WinHelp files would eventually be removed entirely in Windows 10.
Key facts
- File format.caption
- Help File
- File format.extension
- .hlp
- File format.magic
- 3F 5F 03 00
- File format.owner
- Microsoft
- File format.released
- 1990
- File format.extended from
- RTF
- File format.standard
- No
- Software.name
- Microsoft WinHelp
- Software.screenshot
- WindowsMME-96-Help.png
- Software.screenshot_size
- 240px
- Software.developer
- Microsoft
- Software.replaced_by
- Microsoft Compiled HTML Help
- Software.included with
- Windows 3.0, Windows 95, Windows XP
- Software.operating system
- Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
- Software.genre
- Help system
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Microsoft WinHelp è un formato proprietario usato per i file di aiuto in linea che possono essere visualizzati tramite il browser Microsoft Help winhelp.exe o winhlp32.exe ed il formato del file si basa su Rich Text Format (RTF). Esso rimase una popolare modalità di aiuto dalla versione del S.O. Windows 3.0 fino alla versione Windows XP. WinHelp fu rimosso in Windows Vista per disincentivare gli sviluppatori software dall'usare una versione obsoleta del formato e incoraggiare l'uso di formati di aiuto più recenti.
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