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Replace the VS 2010 help viewer or run stand-alone. The viewer is free for personal use. Contact us if you need to distribute it.

See the H3Viewer Home Page 

Features:

• Similar experience to VS 2005\2008 DExplore.
• Full TOC with TOC Sync.
• Full Index. Two modes: Both VS 2010 and DExplore type experience.
• Text-to-Speech reader.
• Full bookmark support.
• Set default viewer for VS 2010.
• Option: Open F1 help in a new page tab.
• View different MSDN language catalogs.
• UI Translations available (see below).
• Direct link to equivalent MSDN online page.
• Open current page in selected browser.
• etc.

Build 54 adds Czeck & Swedish to the GUI Language packs

• Czech -- Translated by Martin Šojdr, www.sojdr.com
• German -- Translated by Ulrich Kulle [MVP 2007-2009], www.help-info.de
• Hebrew -- Translated by Ishai Sagi [MVP], www.sharepoint-tips.com
• Italian -- Translated by Alessandro Del Sole [MVP], www.visual-basic.it
• Japanese - Translated by Tomohiro Takano
• Polish -- Translated by Piotr Strycharz, www.computerplus.pl
• Simplified Chinese -- Translated by Hu Hsiaotao
• Swedish -- Translated by Tobias Moberg, www.carmenta.com

• Don't see your language? Help us translate. It's easy.

Note to user Nofb: I've also added a check for "MS Help Viewer Power Toy Beta" as requested. In future I'd prefer you contact me directly or use Q & A section. Writing complaints in the review tab is a one way conversation. I could have quickly told you that there was a known problem with the MS Beta and to check the online documentation. Thanks!

Known Issues

• Application Freezes
  The embedded browser is Internet Explorer. On some systems after a few successful clicks the application seems to hang. Try clearing the IE cache, resetting IE settings, and removing 3rd-party IE add-ons you don't use. (all I can say is bring on IE9)
• Pages without style & broken links 
  If you find pages are not showing style correctly and some links are not working then it probably means you have the Help Viewer power toy Beta installed. Uninstall this and it will immediately return to normal. Also remember to stop the Agent tray application.

Screen Shots

Notice the pink folder, which is an orphan help branch not attached to the main VS 2010 TOC. The TOC Sync command will add orphans if found.

Inline Index disambiguator. Load full Index (VS 2008 style) or partial load as you type index (VS 2010 style).

Full bookmark support for Help Viewer URLs.

Here we've downloaded Russian help (vs\100\ru) using VSHelpDownloader. Press F1 in VS 2010 to display the topic in whatever language is loaded.