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2434:Discontinued
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2114:Ntoskrnl.exe
2022:Boot Manager
2014:Architecture
1904:Group Policy
1796:File systems
1696:Saved search
1603:Sticky Notes
1568:Quick Assist
1496:Media Player
1466:Feedback Hub
1461:Fax and Scan
1356:Task Manager
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36:verification
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2889:Minesweeper
2858:Spun off to
2679:MSN Dial-up
2674:Movie Maker
2579:Diagnostics
2529:ActiveMovie
2271:COMMAND.COM
2149:Shadow Copy
2004:Server Core
1844:Mount Point
1771:Shadow Copy
1366:Windows Ink
1149:HelpMaster:
1011:October 20,
807:Windows 8.1
427:Help to RTF
398:File format
384:Windows 8.1
333:Windows 3.0
308:Windows 3.0
296:winhelp.exe
292:online help
290:format for
288:proprietary
276:Help system
246:Windows 3.0
236:Windows 8.1
155:3F 5F 03 00
16:File format
2934:Categories
2869:DVD Player
2684:NetMeeting
2584:DriveSpace
2449:3D Pinball
1949:SharePoint
1713:Start menu
1558:Phone Link
1421:Calculator
1376:PowerShell
1237:Management
1143:Help-Info:
967:August 28,
911:References
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739:dialog box
659:position.
647:compiler.
641:HelpBreeze
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431:winhelpcgi
391:Windows 10
344:Windows NT
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320:Windows 10
312:Windows XP
254:Windows XP
250:Windows 95
99:April 2024
69:newspapers
2664:Messenger
2659:Messaging
2589:DVD Maker
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1491:Messaging
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1416:3D Viewer
1102:16 August
839:Java Help
735:See Also,
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561:footnotes
506:.fts .ftg
377:Windows 8
366:Windows 7
260:Successor
232:Windows 8
228:Windows 7
212:Microsoft
165:Microsoft
58:"WinHelp"
2908:Category
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2770:ScanDisk
2689:NTBackup
2569:Contacts
2549:Cardfile
2484:Hold 'Em
2463:FreeCell
2309:VBScript
2220:Defender
2188:Security
2174:Winlogon
2129:Registry
1743:Services
1676:Explorer
1661:AutoPlay
1548:Paint 3D
1533:OneDrive
1523:Narrator
1471:Get Help
1426:Calendar
1321:Settings
1291:IExpress
1126:Archived
1077:July 30,
1055:July 30,
1033:July 30,
989:July 30,
894:INF Help
864:See also
750:Contents
731:See Also
712:>>
708:<<
692:Contents
676:Bookmark
637:RoboHelp
480:-format
310:through
190:Standard
2884:Mahjong
2805:Interix
2739:WinHelp
2639:Journal
2629:Imaging
2477:InkBall
2363:DirectX
2326:ActiveX
2314:JScript
2027:Console
1999:Hyper-V
1894:Domains
1718:Taskbar
1691:IFilter
1666:AutoRun
1628:WordPad
1623:Weather
1538:OneNote
1528:Notepad
1451:Cortana
1326:Sysprep
1122:Support
957:Support
854:DocBook
837:pages,
815:WineVDM
764:Display
755:Display
743:Display
688:buttons
680:Options
645:backend
619:italics
489:picture
326:History
122:WinHelp
83:scholar
2917:
2906:
2879:Hover!
2753:Others
2734:Travel
2729:Syskey
2512:Tinker
2470:Hearts
2398:WinUSB
2383:WinAPI
2368:Native
2179:WinUSB
2104:MinWin
1881:Server
1681:Search
1593:Sports
1563:Photos
1553:People
1431:Camera
702:, and
682:, and
617:text,
468:file.
418:, and
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
2845:WinFS
2744:Write
2441:Games
2408:Games
2281:WoW64
2109:NTLDR
2099:LSASS
2032:CSRSS
1839:links
1814:exFAT
1643:Shell
1608:Store
1598:Start
1588:Skype
1543:Paint
1518:Money
1446:Clock
1393:WinRE
1301:Netsh
1239:tools
1228:Games
759:Index
704:Print
696:Index
664:menus
286:is a
90:JSTOR
76:books
2919:List
2800:HPFS
2564:Chat
2522:Apps
2424:Surf
2373:.NET
2341:DCOM
2169:WHEA
2164:USER
2154:SMSS
1944:WSUS
1924:MSMQ
1866:ReFS
1829:NTFS
1804:CDFS
1761:CLFS
1756:BITS
1656:Aero
1633:Xbox
1613:Tips
1501:2022
1486:Maps
1481:Mail
1456:Edge
1408:Apps
1203:APIs
1104:2021
1079:2019
1057:2019
1035:2019
1013:2009
991:2019
969:2009
890:OS/2
874:.chm
847:etc.
835:HTML
811:Wine
768:Find
710:and
700:Back
684:Help
672:Edit
668:File
630:.wmf
626:.bmp
615:bold
526:.bmk
514:.ann
500:.shg
497:.wmf
473:.rtf
462:.cnt
450:.hpj
442:.hlp
429:and
368:and
271:Type
174:1990
133:.hlp
62:news
2699:Pay
2599:Fax
2346:OLE
2321:COM
2304:WSH
2291:API
2052:DLL
2047:EXE
1959:PWS
1939:IIS
1899:DNS
1871:UDF
1859:EFS
1854:TxF
1824:FAT
1819:IFS
1809:DFS
1398:WMI
892:'s
856:or
843:PDF
827:can
800:In
782:DLL
639:or
554:wmf
552:, .
550:bmp
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521:?)
433:.)
420:SHG
416:BMP
412:RTF
298:or
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