I've lost all my help files

[NickDastardly]

Hi,

the other day when I started up LabVIEW I got an error saying it had to install a runtime engine, no idea why this happened but I fixed it by reinstalling my drivers.  Anyway since I did that I've lost all my help files.  The context help works fine, but when I click "VI, function and how-to help", or "Click here for more help" in the context help window, nothing happens.  It doesn't even open up a window any more. 

Any ideas what the problem could be?  I'm not sure which disk the files are on so I'm not sure how to reinstall them.

I'm running LabVIEW 7.1 Full Development System on Windows 2000.

Thanks,

Nick

[MarkLe]

Hi Nick,

Sorry to hear about you losing the help files, which drivers did you re-install when you had the initial problem?

The help files are located in C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7.1\help, you could check whether files in this folder have been deleted or your access has somehow been restricted to this folder. If there are a set of compiled HTML files there, try opening those individually and see if they open OK.

Can you open Help from the LabVIEW Help menu (Help>>Contents) or pressing F1?

I would try repairing LabVIEW from the Add/Remove programs section of the Control Panel first, and see if this helps.

Please let me know how you get on!

Mark

National Instruments UK & Ireland

[NickDastardly]

Hi,

After a bit of investigation I found it wasn't just LabVIEW help files, but all .chm compiled HTML files.  It may have just been a coincidence that this happened after reinstalling a driver (Think it was NI VISA but I'm not sure).  Anyway after much internet searching came up with nothing, this morning I downloaded a Windows automatic update and it's fixed the problem.

Thanks for your reply,

Nick