HOWTO: Manually Uninstall HTML Help

ID: Q201420

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SUMMARY

This article explains how to completely uninstall the HTML Help Workshop. It is important to uninstall an old version of HTML Help before installing a new version to prevent unpredictable errors. If you use Add/Remove Programs under the Control Panel, it does not completely remove all of the files. You should still use Add/Remove Programs as a first step to uninstalling the HTML Help Workshop.


MORE INFORMATION

To uninstall HTML Help, perform the following steps:

  1. On the Start menu, click Settings.


  2. Click Control Panel, and double-click Add/Remove Programs.


  3. In the Add/Remove Programs dialog box, select HTML Help Workshop and then click Add/Remove.


  4. In Windows Explorer, delete all occurrences of the following files from your computer:

    ITSS.DLL in \windows\system or \winnt\system32
    ITIRCL.DLL in \windows\system or \winnt\system32
    HHCTRL.OCX in \windows\system or \winnt\system32
    HHA.DLL in \windows\system or \winnt\system32
    HH.DAT in \windows or \winnt
    HH.EXE in \window or \winnt


  5. Restart your computer.


WARNING: Now you cannot display the HTML Help files (*.chm). You must run the HTML Help Workshop or an HTML Help update file to reinstall the HTML Help components. See the References section for information on where to download updates for HTML Help.


REFERENCES

For more information, please see the following Web site:

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbHTMLHelp kbide kbSDKPlatform kbGrpDSTools kbHTMLHelp121 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.1,1.2,1.21
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: July 29, 1999