Legacy Issues
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Hi all, I've been called out of retirement to deal with some legacy issues. Got myself a stand alone computer with XPSp2 installed, and installed VS97, original version, bought on Ebay. Two Issues:- (1) The Original VS97 version has "issues" such as hanging at building, dodgy resource Editor, etc. Does anyone know where to find the Service Packs to hopefully resolve these issues? (2) The Help Files do not work, because at the time of XPSP2 they had become a Security risk. From memory, it was a matter of changing a Registry key to put them back into action. Does anyone remember which key, and what to change to. Any help is much appreciated.
Bram van Kampen
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Hi all, I've been called out of retirement to deal with some legacy issues. Got myself a stand alone computer with XPSp2 installed, and installed VS97, original version, bought on Ebay. Two Issues:- (1) The Original VS97 version has "issues" such as hanging at building, dodgy resource Editor, etc. Does anyone know where to find the Service Packs to hopefully resolve these issues? (2) The Help Files do not work, because at the time of XPSP2 they had become a Security risk. From memory, it was a matter of changing a Registry key to put them back into action. Does anyone remember which key, and what to change to. Any help is much appreciated.
Bram van Kampen
[Microsoft Visual Studio 97 (Service Pack 3)(X03 50158)(1997) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/Microsoft\_Visual\_Studio\_97\_Service\_Pack\_3\_X03-50158\_1997) u may need to confirm if these are cumulative and use at you own risk for hlp files reg was normally for remote paths [Problems with SAP Help files in Windows XP SP2. | SAP Community](https://answers.sap.com/questions/1188567/problems-with-sap-help-files-in-windows-xp-sp2.html) [https://www.askvg.com/how-to-open-help-files-hlp-in-windows-7-that-require-windows-help-program-winhlp32-exe/\](https://www.askvg.com/how-to-open-help-files-hlp-in-windows-7-that-require-windows-help-program-winhlp32-exe/) u could take the hlp files out and use win help exe available (check net) to view... [Redirecting](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/want-to-open-old-hlp-file-in-windows-xp/73ca6ff4-9516-4ab9-915f-a2509ca8bfbf)
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Hi all, I've been called out of retirement to deal with some legacy issues. Got myself a stand alone computer with XPSp2 installed, and installed VS97, original version, bought on Ebay. Two Issues:- (1) The Original VS97 version has "issues" such as hanging at building, dodgy resource Editor, etc. Does anyone know where to find the Service Packs to hopefully resolve these issues? (2) The Help Files do not work, because at the time of XPSP2 they had become a Security risk. From memory, it was a matter of changing a Registry key to put them back into action. Does anyone remember which key, and what to change to. Any help is much appreciated.
Bram van Kampen
Maybe you can ask someone who has (or had) an MSDN subscription, they used to deliver software on CD's in the past, but now it probably still can be downloaded.
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Hi all, I've been called out of retirement to deal with some legacy issues. Got myself a stand alone computer with XPSp2 installed, and installed VS97, original version, bought on Ebay. Two Issues:- (1) The Original VS97 version has "issues" such as hanging at building, dodgy resource Editor, etc. Does anyone know where to find the Service Packs to hopefully resolve these issues? (2) The Help Files do not work, because at the time of XPSP2 they had become a Security risk. From memory, it was a matter of changing a Registry key to put them back into action. Does anyone remember which key, and what to change to. Any help is much appreciated.
Bram van Kampen
I have a file called VisualStudio97 SP3.iso, 184MB. Point me to a site where I can upload it and I'll be happy to send you a copy. I've probably created that ISO from an MSDN CD I had at one point. I remember the problem with the help files. Right-click on an .hlp, select Properties, and see if the Unblock checkmark is there. If it is, select it, click Apply. Or it might have to do with the file being stored remotely...something like that anyway. The other posters in this thread have probably already provided a better answer for that one.
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Hi all, I've been called out of retirement to deal with some legacy issues. Got myself a stand alone computer with XPSp2 installed, and installed VS97, original version, bought on Ebay. Two Issues:- (1) The Original VS97 version has "issues" such as hanging at building, dodgy resource Editor, etc. Does anyone know where to find the Service Packs to hopefully resolve these issues? (2) The Help Files do not work, because at the time of XPSP2 they had become a Security risk. From memory, it was a matter of changing a Registry key to put them back into action. Does anyone remember which key, and what to change to. Any help is much appreciated.
Bram van Kampen
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Hi all, I've been called out of retirement to deal with some legacy issues. Got myself a stand alone computer with XPSp2 installed, and installed VS97, original version, bought on Ebay. Two Issues:- (1) The Original VS97 version has "issues" such as hanging at building, dodgy resource Editor, etc. Does anyone know where to find the Service Packs to hopefully resolve these issues? (2) The Help Files do not work, because at the time of XPSP2 they had become a Security risk. From memory, it was a matter of changing a Registry key to put them back into action. Does anyone remember which key, and what to change to. Any help is much appreciated.
Bram van Kampen
Wouldn't the obvious solution be to downgrade to Windows XP SP0 (base release)? I have Visual Studio 97 in my archives. Not sure if I have the service packs. I might look, or I can finish this bottle of red wine.
Bram van Kampen wrote:
The Help Files do not work, because at the time of XPSP2 they had become a Security risk.
The [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/microsoft\_help\_viewer\_hlp) has the viewer. Please [consider donating](https://archive.org/donate?origin=iawww-TopNavDonateButton) if you find the archive useful. They are a valuable resource. :) UPDATE: Yes, it's an hour or so later. I don't have the service packs archived. I'm sorry. However I looked over on the Internet Archive and they do have it: [MSDN VisualStudio 97 SP3 December 1997 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/MSDN\_VisualStudio\_97\_SP3\_December\_1997) Yeah, at this point I insist that someone reading this donate a few bucks. It's keeping 25 year old service packs available. That's really amazing. Even the [MSDN subscribers downloads](https://aka.ms/msdn-subscriber-downloads) deleted it a few years ago.
