[X4U] Mac Help doesn't

[John Baltutis]

On 09/21/05, Jim Robertson <jamesrob at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> This may be the consequence of directory damage (see my other post entitled
> "Whither my Desktop", but I've seen other recent posts reporting similar
> problems, so I'm posing this as a separate question.
>
> When I open Mac help from the Help Menu in the Finder, nothing appears in
> the window except the cursor asking me to enter text in the inquiry field.
> When I DO enter text (even the simplest question), I get the spinning beach
> ball.
>
> If, when the window first opens, I click on the Home icon, I get the Mac
> Help home page, but if I click any of the links, nothing happens except the
> beach ball spins.
>
> Curiously, if I select another application from that popup, then select a
> link for another application's help table of contents, those links within
> the help viewer DO work.
>
> Is this likely the result of directory damage?

See <http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/helpviewer.html> to solve your problems.

Mahalo.