Microsoft 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- file format
- Based on
- Rich Text Format
- Image
- WindowsMME-96-Help.png
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- inception
- 1990-00-00
- file extension
- hlp
- replaced by
- Microsoft Compiled HTML Help
- file format identification pattern
- 0000FFFFFFFF
- media type
- zz-application/zz-winassoc-hlp
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Article · 日本語
Microsoft WinHelp は、マイクロソフトが開発した独自のオンラインヘルプの形式であり、専用ヘルプブラウザ winhelp.exe または winhlp32.exe で表示できる。ファイル形式は Rich Text Format（RTF）に基づいている。Windows 3.0 から Windows XP までで広く使われている。Windows Vista では新しいヘルプフォーマットへの移行を促すため、WinHelp は削除された。
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