{"id":17660,"date":"2020-07-30T09:14:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=17660"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:46:45","slug":"view-winhelp-hlp-files-windows-10-with-winhlp32-exe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/view-winhelp-hlp-files-windows-10-with-winhlp32-exe\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Open .hlp Files in Windows 10\/11 Using WinHlp32.exe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long time back, most of the software used to ship with .hlp (WinHelp help format) help files. Since Windows Vista, the legacy .hlp format has been deprecated.\u00a0To view 32-bit Help files with the .hlp file extension in Windows Vista (and higher &#8212; through Windows 8.1), you will need to download and install WinHlp32.exe (<code>KB917607<\/code> package) from the Microsoft Download Center.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=47667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">WinHlp32.exe for Windows 8.1 x86 (KB917607)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=47671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">WinHlp32.exe for Windows 8.1 x64 (KB917607)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=35449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">WinHlp32.exe for Windows 8 (KB917607)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">WinHlp32.exe for Windows 7 (KB917607)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, this update isn&#8217;t available for Windows 10\/11. Installing one of the KB917607 installers on Windows 10 or 11 would cause the following error:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\"><strong>Windows Update Standalone Installer<\/strong>\r\nThe update is not applicable to your computer.<\/pre>\n<p>This article tells you how to restore the missing WinHelp (.hlp) viewer on Windows 10 or 11.<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc\">\n<p><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#s1\">Step 1: Download Winhlp32 package from Microsoft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#s2\">Step 2: Copy the files to the Windows folder<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#m1\">Method 1: Replace the default Winhlp32.exe with the legacy version<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#m2\">Method 2: Without replacing the default Winhlp32.exe file<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#asso\">Associate .hlp files with legacy Winhlp32<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Get Winhlp32.exe (.hlp) functionality in Windows 10 or 11<\/h2>\n<p>There are situations where you need the .hlp functionality even today. For example, I needed to refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windiff-help-file-contents-windiff-hlp-in-html\/\">WinDiff.hlp manual<\/a> to know the command-line switches supported. Note that WinDiff is still being used today by many users.\u00a0By default, Windows 10\/11 have the file Winhlp32.exe in the Windows directory, but it&#8217;s only a 12 KB dummy or placeholder file that doesn&#8217;t do anything when run.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"s1\"><\/a>Step 1: Download KB917607 and extract the files manually<\/h3>\n<p>To get the .hlp viewing functionality in Windows 10\/11, you need to extract the required files from the KB917607 package.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the KB917607 update (meant for Windows 8 or 8.1) from the Microsoft Download Center to your Windows 10 or 11 computer.\n<div class=\"newline\"><em>(In this illustration, I have used the Windows 8 x64 installer. Since I&#8217;m using Windows 64-bit, I downloaded the x64 installer file <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=35449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Windows8-RT-KB917607-x64.msu)<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Update:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve later found that both Winhlp32.exe (in x64 and x86 folders) files in Windows8-RT-KB917607-x64.cab are exactly the same. It&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/find-out-if-a-program-exe-file-is-32-bit-or-64-bit\/\">32-bit executable<\/a> only &#8212; SHA1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-get-file-hash-via-right-click-menu-windows\/\">hash<\/a> for both files is <code>3aadfdea4bc00a6fa950a123f377de19775ec1fe<\/code>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Use 7-Zip or any other archiver to open <code>Windows8-RT-KB917607-x64.msu<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Extract the file <code>Windows8-RT-KB917607-x64.cab<\/code> to your desktop.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-extract-w10-0.png\" alt=\"restore winhlp32 .hlp viewer in windows 10 or 11\" width=\"684\" height=\"246\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Open a Command Prompt window, and type these two commands one by one, and press <kbd>Enter<\/kbd> after each command:\n<pre>md d:\\test\r\n\r\nexpand \"%USERPROFILE%\\Desktop\\Windows8-RT-KB917607-x64.cab\" -F:* d:\\test<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-extract-w10-2.png\" alt=\"restore winhlp32 .hlp viewer in windows 10 or 11\" width=\"701\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newline\"><em>(In the above example, I&#8217;m creating a temporary folder on the D:\\ drive, and then I&#8217;m extracting the contents of the .cab file. If the drive letter is different in your system, change it accordingly.)<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now, copy these four files to your desktop:\n<pre>D:\\test\\amd64_microsoft-windows-winhstb_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16420_none_820c960392fdf7ed\\winhlp32.exe\r\nD:\\test\\amd64_microsoft-windows-winhstb_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16420_none_820c960392fdf7ed\\ftsrch.dll\r\n\r\nD:\\test\\amd64_microsoft-windows-winhstb.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16420_en-us_2b615f4ab77535c0\\winhlp32.exe.mui\r\nD:\\test\\amd64_microsoft-windows-winhstb.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.16420_en-us_2b615f4ab77535c0\\ftsrch.dll.mui<\/pre>\n<div class=\"newline\"><em>(As I&#8217;m using Windows x64 version, I&#8217;ve copied the x64 version of Winhlp32.exe denoted by the letters &#8220;<code>amd64<\/code>&#8221; in the folder name. The .mui file (Multilingual User Interface) are resource files that allow you to change your Windows interface to display different languages.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"newline\"><em>Because I&#8217;m using the English version of Windows, I picked up the &#8220;<code>en-US<\/code>&#8221; version of the .mui file from the <code>D:\\Test<\/code> folder. In case you have an Italian language version of Windows, you&#8217;d need the <code>it-IT<\/code> version of <code>winhlp32.exe.mui<\/code>.)<\/em><\/div>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Alternatively, you can search for <code>Winhlp32.exe<\/code> in the <code>D:\\Test<\/code> folder and easily pick the two files from search results. Similarly, search for <code>ftsrch.dll<\/code> and <code>ftsrch.dll.mui<\/code> (en-us version) and copy them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-extract-w10-1.png\" alt=\"restore winhlp32 .hlp viewer in windows 11\" width=\"1003\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-extract-w10-1.png 1003w, https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-extract-w10-1-768x413.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now, you have the four files <code>Winhlp32.exe<\/code>, <code>Winhlp32.exe.mui<\/code>, <code>ftsrch.dll<\/code>, and <code>ftsrch.dll.mui<\/code> on your desktop. Follow one of the methods under <em>Step 2<\/em> below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"s2\"><\/a>Step 2: Copy the files to the Windows folder<\/h3>\n<h4><a id=\"m1\"><\/a>Method 1: Replace the default Winhlp32.exe with the legacy copy<\/h4>\n<p>This method replaces the factory default copy of Winhlp32.exe with the legacy (Windows 8) version of the file.<\/p>\n<p><em>An advantage of this method is that the contextual help (<kbd>F1<\/kbd>) works perfectly in your old applications. The disadvantage is that the procedure needs to be carried out after installing every Windows 10 or 11 Feature Update. The procedure needs to be repeated also when <a href=\"#wfp\">Windows File Protection<\/a> replaces the file with the original copy automatically, or when the user runs the <code>Sfc.exe<\/code> command to fix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/repair-windows-10-using-dism-sfc\/\">corrupted files<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You have the files <code>Winhlp32.exe<\/code>, <code>Winhlp32.exe.mui<\/code>, <code>ftsrch.dll<\/code>, and <code>ftsrch.dll.mui<\/code> on your desktop. Follow these steps to copy them to the Windows folder.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Run Command Prompt under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/run-program-as-trustedinstaller-locked-registry-keys-files\/#advancedrun\">TrustedInstaller<\/a> rights. Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re using the AdvancedRun tool as specified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/run-program-as-trustedinstaller-locked-registry-keys-files\/#advancedrun\">linked<\/a> article.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/trustedinstaller-advancedrun.png\" alt=\"trustedinstaller advanced run nirsoft\" width=\"700\" height=\"342\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In the Command Prompt window, run these commands:\n<pre>cd \/d C:\\Windows\\\r\nren Winhlp32.exe\u00a0 Winhlp32_old.exe\r\ncopy\u00a0 C:\\users\\<strong>Ramesh<\/strong>\\desktop\\Winhlp32.exe\r\ncopy\u00a0 C:\\users\\<strong>Ramesh<\/strong>\\desktop\\ftsrch.dll\r\ncd\u00a0 C:\\Windows\\en-us\r\nren Winhlp32.exe.mui\u00a0 Winhlp32_old.exe.mui\r\ncopy\u00a0 C:\\users\\<strong>Ramesh<\/strong>\\desktop\\Winhlp32.exe.mui\r\ncopy\u00a0 C:\\users\\<strong>Ramesh<\/strong>\\desktop\\ftsrch.dll.mui\r\nexit<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/copy-legacy-winhlp-files.png\" alt=\"winhlp32 replace trustedinstaller permissions\" width=\"751\" height=\"434\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> Replace the desktop folder path accordingly in the command-line. Don&#8217;t use environment variables like <code>%userprofile%<\/code> because the Command Prompt window is currently running under TrustedInstaller privileges.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. We&#8217;ve replaced the default Winhlp32.exe with the Windows 8 version of the file.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-contextual-help-f1.png\" alt=\"winhlp32 replace - f1 contextual hlp\" width=\"725\" height=\"386\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You should be able to open .hlp files by double-clicking on them or by pressing F1 (contextual help) from the respective application.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newline\"><em>If the user gives focus to a button, object, or a field for which custom help has been defined in that application, and then presses <kbd>F1<\/kbd>, the custom Help for that object is displayed. If no help is defined for that object, then it opens the most relevant page in the .hlp file, so that the user doesn&#8217;t have to read the entire help documentation. This is called context-sensitive help.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The full-text search feature (&#8220;Find&#8221; tab in the &#8220;Find Topics&#8221; dialog) will work as well.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp-find-search-wizard.png\" alt=\"winhlp32 full text search wizard\" width=\"439\" height=\"450\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a id=\"m2\"><\/a>Method 2: Without replacing the default Winhlp32.exe file<\/h4>\n<p>This method doesn&#8217;t replace the original Winhlp32.exe. Instead, we copy the older version of the file in a different name and then associate .hlp files with it.<\/p>\n<p><em>The advantage of this method is that you don&#8217;t need to re-do the procedure after installing every Windows 10 Feature Update. A disadvantage is that you can&#8217;t use the <kbd>F1<\/kbd> key in your applications to open the contextual help. It&#8217;s because your application won&#8217;t be able to find the renamed copy of Winhlp32.exe. Double-clicking on .hlp files will open the file, though.<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rename them to <code>Winhlp32_legacy.exe<\/code> &amp; <code>Winhlp32_legacy.exe.mui<\/code> respectively.<\/li>\n<li>Move the file <code>Winhlp32_legacy.exe<\/code> to <code>C:\\Windows<br \/>\n<\/code><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-extract-w10-3.png\" alt=\"restore winhlp32 .hlp viewer in windows 11\" width=\"701\" height=\"148\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Move <code>Winhlp32_legacy.exe.mui<\/code> to <code>C:\\windows\\en-US<\/code>\n<div class=\"newline\">(<code>en-US<\/code> is for English language OS. Likewise, for Italian language OS, you&#8217;d copy the .mui file to <code>C:\\windows\\it-IT<\/code>, and so forth. To view the complete list of Locale IDs or LCIDs, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/openspecs\/office_standards\/ms-oe376\/6c085406-a698-4e12-9d4d-c3b0ee3dbc4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">LCID (Locale ID) | Microsoft Docs<\/a> webpage)<\/div>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<p><strong><a id=\"wfp\"><\/a>Note:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>As Windows 10 and 11 already contain the Winhlp32.exe and Winhlp32.exe.mui placeholder files, we don&#8217;t want to delete or rename the factory default versions to replace them with the legacy copies.<\/p>\n<p>Some users tend to take ownership of the original Winhlp32.exe file and delete it before replacing it with the legacy copy. Doing so might cause the Windows File Protection to restore the originals at a later stage automatically.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a sample <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/repair-windows-10-using-dism-sfc\/\">System File Checker<\/a> (<code>Sfc.exe<\/code>) CBS log showing that the Windows File Protection has restored the factory-default versions of the files from the component store (<code>WinSxS<\/code>)<\/p>\n<pre>Info CSI 00005d95 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [l:20 ml:21]\"\\??\\C:\\WINDOWS\\en-US\"\\[l:16]\"winhlp32.exe.mui\" from store\r\nInfo CSI 00005dd4 [SR] Repairing corrupted file [l:14 ml:15]\"\\??\\C:\\WINDOWS\"\\[l:12]\"winhlp32.exe\" from store<\/pre>\n<p>So, we need to avoid deleting or renaming the factory default version of Winhlp32.exe and the corresponding .mui file. That&#8217;s why we changed the file names by suffixing <code>_legacy<\/code> in Step 6 above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Search feature in .hlp files<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>If you need the full-text search feature (&#8220;Find&#8221; tab) in .hlp files, copy these two files as well:\n<ul>\n<li><code>ftsrch.dll<\/code> (copy it to C:\\Windows)<\/li>\n<li><code>ftsrch.dll.mui<\/code> (copy it to C:\\Windows\\en-us)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"qt\">\n<code>ftsrch.dll<\/code> is the Microsoft Full-Text Search module. If the &#8220;Find&#8221; tab is missing when you open a .hlp file, it means that <code>ftsrch.dll<\/code> is missing in the computer.<\/p>\n<p>If you receive the &#8220;<strong>Unable to display the Find tab. (177)<\/strong>&#8221; error, you can fix the issue by deleting .FTS, .GID, and .CNT files in the <code>%LOCALAPPDATA%\\Help<\/code> and\/or <code>%SYSTEMROOT%\\Help<\/code> directory. The .GID and .CNT files may be found in the same directory as the .hlp file.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><a id=\"asso\"><\/a>Associate .hlp files with legacy Winhlp32 (legacy version)<\/h4>\n<p>The next step is to associate WinHelp .hlp files with <code>Winhlp32_legacy.exe<\/code>. Follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Locate a .hlp file on your computer, right-click on the file and choose Properties.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-extract-w10-4.png\" alt=\"restore winhlp32 .hlp viewer in windows 10\" width=\"363\" height=\"509\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click on the Change button.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>More apps<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-extract-w10-5.png\" alt=\"restore winhlp32 .hlp viewer in windows 10\" width=\"392\" height=\"367\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Look for another app on this PC<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-extract-w10-6.png\" alt=\"restore winhlp32 .hlp viewer in windows 10\" width=\"389\" height=\"522\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Locate <code>C:\\Windows\\Winhlp32_legacy.exe<\/code> in the browse dialog and select it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You&#8217;ve now associated .hlp files with the legacy (Windows 8) version of Winhlp32.exe. Double-click a .hlp file to test.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17664\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17664 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/winhlp32-extract-w10-7.png\" alt=\"restore winhlp32 .hlp viewer in windows 11\" width=\"701\" height=\"372\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WinDiff WinHelp .hlp file<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Why was WinHlp32 discontinued by Microsoft?<\/h3>\n<p>Around March 2006, the Microsoft Help team announced that WinHelp would be deprecated (phased out). Ted Dworkin (Director of Windows Support Experience) said this:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;WinHelp does not meet the code standards established for Vista. These standards include security, reliability, and performance. WinHelp is architected in such a way that we would have to rewrite it from the ground up to meet the Vista code standards. And that approach doesn&#8217;t make sense given that we have two other Help systems in Vista.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/previous-versions\/windows\/desktop\/legacy\/ms728460(v=vs.85)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">recommends<\/a> that software developers discontinue using the Windows Help application and transition their Help experience to an alternative Help file format, such as CHM, HTML, or XML.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Last updated on August 21, 2025)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long time back, most of the software used to ship with .hlp (WinHelp help format) help files. Since Windows Vista, the legacy .hlp format has been deprecated.\u00a0To view 32-bit Help files with the .hlp file extension in Windows Vista (and higher &#8212; through Windows 8.1), you will need to download and install WinHlp32.exe (KB917607 &#8230; <a title=\"How to Open .hlp Files in Windows 10\/11 Using WinHlp32.exe\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/view-winhelp-hlp-files-windows-10-with-winhlp32-exe\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Open .hlp Files in Windows 10\/11 Using WinHlp32.exe\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1072,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/remove-pin-to-taskbar-particular-application-windows-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":17660,"position":0},"title":"How to Remove Pin to Taskbar Option For a Particular Application in Windows 7?","author":"Ramesh","date":"August 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"If you have a host application that you don't want to be pinned to the Windows 7 taskbar, you can do so by adding a registry value in the application registration area. 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