Windows NT provides Help so that you can get useful information quickly while you are working. Help contains a description of each command and dialog box, and explains procedures for most tasks. To see online Help, select an item from the Help menu of the application or tool you are using, or press F1. For a description of how to use online Help, select How To Use Help from the Help menu in Program Manager.
Windows NT includes the following online Help files.
Table 4.11 Online Help (.HLP) Files
Filename | Description |
AUDIOCDC.HLP | IMA ADPCM Audio CODEC configuration help |
BACKUP.HLP | Windows NT Backup utility help |
CALC.HLP | Calculator tool help |
CARDFILE.HLP | Cardfile tool help |
CDPLAYER.HLP | CD Player help |
CHARMAP.HLP | Character Map tool help |
CLIPBRD.HLP | Clipbook Viewer help |
CONTROL.HLP | Control Panel help |
DDESHARE.HLP | DDE Share Conversation Manager help |
DECPSMON.HLP | DECPSMON help |
DGCONFIG.HLP | Digiboard serial driver help |
DHCPADMN.HLP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Administrator help |
DOSHELP.HLP | MS-DOS command-line help |
DRWTSN32.HLP | Dr. Watson error log help |
EDIT.HLP | MS-DOS Editor help |
EVENTVWR.HLP | Event Viewer help |
FREECELL.HLP | Freecell game help |
FTPSMX.HLP | File Transfer Program Manager Extensions help |
GLOSSARY.HLP | Windows NT Glossary help |
GLOSSON.HLP | Glossary for the Windows NT messages database |
HALFTONE.HLP | Halftone printing option help |
HELP.HLP | Help file for Help utility |
HPMON.HLP | HP Monitor help |
ISDNHELP.HLP | Digiboard ISDN help |
LOVIEW.HLP | Migration Tool for NetWare LogView help |
MPLAYER.HLP | Media Player help |
MSMAIL32.HLP | Microsoft Mail help |
MUSRMGR.HLP | Windows NT workstation User Manager help |
NCADMIN.HLP | Network Client Administrator help |
NET.HLP | Network command-line help |
NETWORK.HLP | Network help (Windows help format) |
NOTEPAD.HLP | Notepad help |
NTCMDS.HLP | Windows NT command-line help |
NWCONV.HLP | Migration Tool for NetWare help |
NWDOC.HLP | Client Service for NetWare help |
NWDOCGW.HLP | Gateway Service for NetWare help |
PACKAGER.HLP | Win16 Object Packager help |
PBRUSH.HLP | Paintbrush™ help |
PERFMON.HLP | Performance Monitor help |
PID.HLP | Product Identification Number help |
PIFEDIT.HLP | PIF Editor help |
PLOTUI.HLP | Plotter Driver help |
PRINTMAN.HLP | Print Manager help |
PROGMAN.HLP | Program Manager help |
PSCRIPT.HLP | PostScript driver help |
QBASIC.HLP | Command-line Quick Basic help |
RASADMIN.HLP | Remote Access Server Administrator help |
RASDDUI.HLP | Raster Printer Device Driver User Interface help |
RASGLOSS.HLP | Remote Access Service glossary help |
RASPHONE.HLP | Remote Access Server Phone help |
RASSETUP.HLP | Remote Access Server Setup help |
RDISK.HLP | Repair Disk Utility Help |
REGEDIT.HLP | Win16 Registry Editor help |
REGEDT32.HLP | Windows NT Registry Editor help |
RPLMGR.HLP | Remoteboot Manager help |
SCHDPL32.HLP | Microsoft Schedule+ help |
SETUPNT.HLP | Windows NT setup help |
SFMMGR.HLP | Services for Macintosh Manager help |
SNVOL32.HLP | Sound Volume tool help |
SOL.HLP | Solitaire game help |
SOUNDREC.HLP | Sound Recorder help |
SRVMGR.HLP | Server Manager help |
TCPIP.HLP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol help |
TELNET.HLP | Telnet application help |
TERMINAL.HLP | Terminal application help |
UPEDIT.HLP | User Profile Editor help |
USERCONV.HLP | User Conversion help |
USRMGR.HLP | Windows NT server User Manager for Domains help |
WINCHAT.HLP | Windows NT Chat help |
WINDISK.HLP | Windows NT workstation Disk Administrator help |
WINDISKA.HLP | Windows NT Server Disk Administrator help |
WINFILE.HLP | File Manager application help |
WINHELP.HLP | Win16 Help application help |
WINMINE.HLP | Minesweeper help |
WINNT.HLP | Windows NT introduction help |
WINNT32.HLP | Network-based Windows NT installation utility help |
WINNTMSG.HLP | Windows NT system and error message help |
WINSADMN.HLP | WINS Manager help |
WNTUPMGR.HLP | Windows NT Server Upgrade Manager help |
WRITE.HLP | Windows Write help |
To free hard disk space, you can delete online Help files for components or files that you don't intend to use (for example, accessories and games). To remove an online Help file, delete the file using the Windows NT Setup program.
When you remove online Help files, the files are deleted from your computer. If you want to add them later, you must supply the files from the Windows NT installation disks or from a source directory on your network. For more information about removing files, see "Adding and Removing Windows NT Components" in Chapter 12, "System Maintenance with Windows NT Setup," in the Windows NT System Guide.
Because most of the Help files for Windows NT have full-text search functionality, deleting one or more Help files has other than the typical "Cannot open Help file" message seen in Windows 3.1. With Windows NT, if you remove a Help file that is part of a full-text search index, you will still see the full-text search dialog box and its list of all the Help files to search (whether or not the file is available). From there, you can type a search request and get a list of all topics containing the search string. However, if the Help file is not available, you will see the message, "Cannot open Help file."
The following table shows which files are part of each full-text search index (.IND) file. If you remove the index file and then try to use full-text search from a corresponding online Help file, Windows NT displays the message "Old or Missing Index File."
Table 4.12 Full-Text Search Index (.IND) Files for Online Help
Filename | Corresponding Help file | |
CALC.IND | Calculator | calc.hlp |
Cardfile | cardfile.hlp | |
CD Player | cdplayer.hlp | |
Character Map | charmap.hlp | |
Freecell | freecell.hlp | |
Media Player | mplayer.hlp | |
Notepad | notepad.hlp | |
Paintbrush | Pbrush.hlp | |
Solitaire | sol.hlp | |
Sound Recorder | soundrec.hlp | |
Sound Volume Control | sndvol32.hlp | |
Terminal | terminal.hlp | |
Chat | winchat.hlp | |
Minesweeper | winmine.hlp | |
MUSRMGR.IND | Disk Administrator for Windows NT workstation | windisk.hlp |
User Manager for Windows NT workstation | MUSRMGR.HLP | |
NTCMDS.IND | Command Reference | NTCMDS.HLP |
USRMGR.IND | Disk Administrator for Windows NT Server | WINDISKA.HLP |
User Manager for WIndows NT Server | USRMGR.HLP | |
User Profile Editor | UPEDIT.HLP | |
Server Manager | SRVRMGR.HLP | |
WINNT.IND | Backup | backup.hlp |
Control Panel | control.hlp | |
Clipbook Viewer | clipbrd.hlp | |
Event Viewer | eventvwr.hlp | |
File Manager | winfile.hlp | |
Microsoft Mail | msmail32.hlp | |
Performance Monitor | perfmon.hlp | |
PIF Editor | pifedit.hlp | |
Program Manager | progman.hlp | |
Print Manager | printman.hlp | |
Registry Editor | regedt32.hlp | |
Schedule+ | schdpl32.hlp | |
Setup | setupnt.hlp | |
Windows NT Help | winnt.hlp |
Other relationships of the various Help and Index files follow: