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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 <supportedRuntime version=“v2.0.40426“ safemode=“true“ />

It should work now.