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Anchors in help-book not working

I've double checked everything and hoping someone can find a stupid mistake that I'm not seeing. I'm trying to build a Apple Help section for my application and it correctly goes to the landing page however none of the anchors work. The landing…
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Microsoft Help Viewer can be used as an independent Application?

I have a machine with Windows 8 where I've installed VS2013 without Help viewer, and a VirtualMachine with the same OS and the same VS but with the Help Viewer package installed (Help Viewer v2.1). I've create that VM with an unique purpose, I would…
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Visual Studio 2012 help Viewer broken, how to reinstall?

I have uninstalled Help Viewer 3 of VS 2012. Now I want to reinstall it, but I don't know how. Using add/remove program, and "Modify" VS 2012, there is no option to reinstall the help. A repair of VS 2012 does not install the help. If I launch from…
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installing Help viewer without installing visual studio

I want to take some of MSDN help files offline on a windows machine which does not have visual studio installed on it. the problem is that I cannot find a way to get and install Help Library manager and Help viewer without installing the visual…
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Where does Help Viewer cache files? Mac Help Viewer does not display the newest version of HTML files. This was working for weeks. What is wrong?

Xcode 4.5.2 Mountain Lion , Mac App I follow the documentation precisely. The Help Folder and its subfolders are added to the projects /Resources folder and appears blue in color. Folder References were added by xcode if necessary. Whether I view…
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Specifying a root container for Sandcastle MS Help Viewer output

I'm using Sandcastle Help File Builder to create polished documentation for an SDK. To support Visual Studio's F1 feature, one of the outputs is in MS Help Viewer format. The problem is when we install the package into Help Viewer 1.0 (Visual Studio…
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Visual Studio 2012 HelpViewer 2.0 still broken: location specified installing content invalid

Using HelpViewer local or try to Add or Remove Content from the VS2012 Help Menu always results in message: The location you specified for installing Help content is invalid, or you do not have permission to access it. I get the error using using…
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Microsoft Help Viewer 2.3 error File was not signed by microsoft

everytime i try to download books in Microsoft Help Viewer 2.3 it shows error message "An error occurred while updating content: File file location was not signed by Microsoft" any help would be appreciated.
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Where is the offline documentation for GetLastError in Visual Studio 2013?

I'm using Visual Studio 2013 Professional with the Help Viewer. I've downloaded the following documentation sets for offline use using the Manage Content tab: .NET Framework 4.5 (includes 4.5.2) Visual Studio 2013: Fundamentals Visual Studio 2013:…
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How to change font in Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0 in Visual Studio 2012?

I installed Visual Studio 2012 and noticed that the help viewer uses different font from that in Visual Studio 2008. Is there any way to change the font used in Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0?
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How to set content location of Microsoft Help Viewer 2?

I'm using Visual Studio 2012 Express. It ships with new help system: help viewer 2.0. One of Help Viewer 1.1 settings is content location. So once some MSDN references have been downloaded, and if Visual Studio 2010 Express is reinstalled, those…
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.Net core 5.0 doesn't show up in Help Viewer 2.3

My VS2019 is the latest version (16.9.0) and I have installed all .net core sdks ( up to 5.0.200) but my Help Viewer (Ver 2.3) doesn't show .net core 5. Here is an image that shows there is no .Net Core 5. What should I do?
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MacOS HelpViewer navigation buttons don't work for web SPA content

Recently we had to migrate embedded help for Mac product to web and have referenced it from Mac HelpViewer. As far as I know MacOs HelpViewer is a custom made webkit based applilcation that is used to display product help, which has to be presented…
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The font used for the Microsoft Help Viewer (2.1) content tree is too small. Can it be changed?

Please see the . Also, I am not too sure if it is related, but I use resharper and the font used in the Usages of '...' window (that shows the usages of a class, for instance) is as small as the one in the Help Viewer. I would like to change that as…
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My help book keeps loading, never displays

My app points to a help book in its plist file : CFBundleHelpBookFolder MyApp.help CFBundleHelpBookName com.bruno.myapp.help The help book's structure is as follows : MyApp.Help > Contents >…
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