Help Integration Wizard broken

I'm trying to use the html help integration wizard, but get a dialog box telling me

Microsoft Visual Studio (as title)
The operation could not be completed
[OK]

when I try to create a new project using the wizard.

First try I got it to work but canceled it somewhere in the middle, after that I get the error message mentioned, I've tried doing a repair from add/remove programs, I've removed and re-installed it, but still the same problem..

How can I get the wizard back to a working state again

/Simon

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Help Integration Wizard broken

Filip Orsag
I'm actually having the same problem -- although the tool failed to work for me from the start. I've sent an email to Jeremy Jones at Microsoft asking for his help. I understand he is the product manager for the tool.

Michael
Captain119

Hi,

Same problem here. I can't have a Help Integration Wizard project anymore. I get the same message as Simon. However, I can still add a regular Setup or Cab project.

I don't know if the issue is related but I cannot compile Help 2.0 files anymore too. Whether I use NDoc or HelpStudio, I got the following message :

Fatal Error HXC2064: Unable to initialize the full-text index engine. Reason code 205.

I have found this FAQ http://helpware.net/mshelp2/h2faq.htm#HXC2064 and tried to register the listed dlls without success.

Any ideas

Gildas
Scott McLean
I have both VS2003 and VS2005 installed but only have the VS2005 SDK Iinstalled.
KenHolt
Neither machine has the 2003 SDK or the 2003 Integration wizard.

I only have VS2005 so the 2003 SDK or 2003 Help Integration Wizard are of no use to me.
Kim Schjefstad
I installed Visual Studio 2005 SDK – April 2006 v2 RTM and then the Wizard started working again!

Bengt
mrKelly
I have reinstalled VS2005 but still the same. I also removed the VS2005 SDK and the Help Integration Wizard beforehand.

I then installed the Help Integration Wizard on another machine and it worked.
The versions of VS2005 are the same, what could this be

The XP service packs are also the same!

I filed a bug report yesterday FDBK48276.
Anand Ramasubbu

It's the VS2005 SDK that is breaking the Help Integration Wizard.

It has happened on 2 machines now, after I install the VS2005 SDK the Help Integration Wizard no longer works.

Microsoft appear to be ignoring the problem.
Nathan.Aus

My pC is very slow and it takes along time to start and to connect to the Internet.

I would like to format my Hard disc. can you please help me to format my pc

Thank you

Charles
Edgar Esquiaqui

I have the same problem , I've just posted a new topic before seeing this.

Anyone get any feedback on this problem yet, does the reinstall of VS2005 work or not
George Ionita

Do you see the same error message when you try to create a regular Setup project If so, then something has gone awry with the deployment components. In that case, the only thing I can recommend is to reinstall VS 2005 and then reinstall the HIW.

Marc
helper

Sorry for not getting back to this thread sooner. We're looking into the problem, and now that you've discovered a likely suspect, I'm sure we'll be able to pinpoint the cause.

Part of the reason that this problem has been so puzzling is that the COM objects that seem to be affected aren't registered publically in VS 2005. (That is, you can't create them in C# using COM interop.) However, the VS 2005 SDK might very well touch these registry entries and interfere with the HIW's ability to create the COM objects.

One question--do either of your test machines have the VSIP 2003 SDK or VSHIK 2003 installed Those same COM objects *are* publically registered when you install one of these previous SDKs. The HIW first tries to create those objects using COM interop; if that fails, then the HIW will use the information in the local registry entries to create the objects using IClassFactory::CreateInstance. If my hypothesis is correct, the HIW will always work on any machine that has one of the 2003 SDKs installed.

Again, my apologies for taking so long to answer. I'll try to get back to you sooner with any information we come up with.

Marc
Tiki_at_YB
Hi Marc...

All the other project types work, including a regular Setup project. And I've tried reinstalling VS2005 and HIW and I still get the same error message. Any other thoughts

Michael
cap_swap
I have neither VSIP 2003 nor VSHIK 2003 installed, (but I do have VS2003 installed FWIW)

but yes, I also noticed the problem after I installed VS 2005 SDK
JudahR
I also have this problem. Has anyone heard of any workarounds

Thanks

Bengt
Help Integration Wizard broken

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