VS2005 May 2004 CTP Help Problem and Fix

Matevz Gacnik's Weblog

"If you already downloaded or installed a Teched 2004 San Diego version of Visual Studio 2005 CTP you must have found out that the help system does not work.

What you get is a "Downloading..." progress bar and nothing is shown.

To fix it, do this:

Open c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\help whidbey\dexplore.exe.config
Change supportedRuntime's and requiredRuntime's element attribute version from "v2.0.40507" to "v2.0.40426".
Final text should read

It should work now."

Havn't tried the help in my install yet, but might need this info... so...