Unofficial Improved Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME + MS-DOS
7.00/7.10/8.00 Help System HELP.HLP


Everything here applies only to English editions.

This fix/update is cumulative. This means it includes ALL BUG fixes from all
previous official + unofficial patches/(hot)fixes/updates. Do NOT replace
with ANY other older file version(s) UNLESS having problems with current file
version(s).

NOTE:
Provided 'as is', without any warranties, expressed or implied.
Use at your own risk!

HELP.HLP is an updated replacement help file for the QBASIC DOS based help
system, part of MS-DOS 6.00, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 7.00 [Windows 95 + 95a OSR1],
7.10 [Windows 95B OSR 2.0/2.1, 95C OSR 2.5, 98, 98 SP1 + 98 SE(U)] and 8.00
[Windows ME].
Contains improvements, changes and updates for DOS commands included with
MS-DOS 7.00, 7.10 and 8.00.

This update copies these 6 files into %windir%\COMMAND [%windir% = usually
C:\WINDOWS]:
HELP.HLP = improved DOS based help file used by HELP.COM [replaces the older
one from MS-DOS 6.xx]
HELP.COM = DOS based command help tool uses HELP.HLP [from WinME setup CD-ROM]
QBASIC.EXE = QBasic DOS based tool used by HELP.COM [from WinME setup CD-ROM]
QBASIC.HLP = QBasic DOS based help file used by QBASIC.EXE [from WinME setup
CD-ROM]
HELP.TXT = this text file
README.TXT = ReadMe guide

HELP.COM, QBASIC.EXE + QBASIC.HLP are found on Windows setup CD-ROMs into:
\OTHER\OLDMSDOS = Windows 95
\TOOLS\OLDMSDOS = Windows 98 + ME

After installation is completed, type:

HELP README

and then press Enter from any DOS box/session/window (within Windows) or from
native MS-DOS (outside Windows) to view the README.TXT file.