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241230 2004-06-03 09:12:00 Hi Tony, you seemed to have tried everything else so downloadRegsvr32.exe (support.microsoft.com) to manuallyregister components.

Im not sure if you can register a chm file as Ive only used this with dll/ocx files. Perhaps look for a dll/ocx with ado in its name if registering the chm doesnt work.

Ive got Access 2002 but these are my hits in the reg when searching for ado210.chm.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Components\71CE92CC2CB 71D119A12000A9CE1A22A
Name: 1033\ado210.chm
Type: REG_MULTI_SZ
Data: C84DVn-}f(YR]eAR6.jiVBAHelpFiles>!V1Z3_Aaq@~+)dq.m0mh

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Comp onents\71CE92CC2CB71D119A12000A9CE1A22A
Name: 1033\ado210.chm
Type: REG_MULTI_SZ
Data: C84DVn-}f(YR]eAR6.jiVBAHelpFiles>!V1Z3_Aaq@~+)dq.m0mh

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\4DEC1803B38555D49BEDE22EE

C74386C
Name: 9040820900063D11C8EF00054038389C
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C?\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\1033\ADO210.CHM

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\SharedDLLs
Name: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\1033\ADO210.CHM
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0x00000001(1)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\HTML Help
Name: ado210.chm
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office10\1033\

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-3548030889-936017620-2587665221-1005\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru\5603
Name: 000
Type: REG_SZ
Data: Ado210.chm

Best of luck. :-)
parry (27)
241231 2004-06-03 22:58:00 Well, waddyaknow! :D

Parry, I applied the registry changes you listed - modified for my environment, and now it nearly all works! I certainly get access (ha ha) to ADO-type references when using index search on VBA Help. What I don't get is context-sensitive help if I F1 on an ADO keyword in the actual code. Then I still get the blank help window - but I can live with that.

I'm picking that the key registry entry was HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...SHARED DLLS etc.

I couldn't get regsvr32 to do it for me. I just got "the specified module could not be found" - however I structured it.

Thanks everyone for their contributions - any other ideas would still be welcome.

Tony Bacon
tbacon_nz (865)
241232 2004-06-04 00:16:00 Hi Tony, glad your making progress. :-)

I believe that error is because you either havent navigated to the folder that contains the regsvr32 file before using the exe or you have entered the incorrect path for the target. I see there is an ADO Aw (Answer wizard) file - try registering that one.

Presuming you stored the regsvr32 file in C:\Downloads and the target file is ADO210.AW

eg
CD c:
CD C:\Downloads
Regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\1033\ADO210.AW"
parry (27)
241233 2004-06-04 04:34:00 Hi Parry,

Good news and bad news. Regsvr32 definitely doesn't do it. I must have had a path wrong before but this time I got "ADO210.AW is not an executable file and no registration helper is registered for this type." Same for ADO210.CHM.

However I made sure the .AW file was in the same folder as the CHM, and things seem to be working, albeit a bit flakily. I think I am at the stage where near enough is good enough. If I discover anything else I'll post again.

Thanks for all your help.

Tony Bacon
tbacon_nz (865)
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