How can I change my Visual Studio 2010 Help (F1) from local to online?

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Damovisa picture Damovisa · Jun 23, 2011 · Viewed 10.5k times · Source

The first time I pressed F1 in Visual Studio 2010, I mistakenly chose to use local help files (which I don't have) rather than online.

Now, whenever I press F1 in VS2010, The Microsoft Help Viewer 1.1 launches with nothing in it.

How do I change the F1 behaviour to online help?

Note: There appear to be Help settings in Tools > Options for VS2008 and VS2005, but none for VS2010?

Answer

Richard picture Richard · Jun 23, 2011

The help settings are set in Visual Studio 2010's Help Manager:

  • Help -> Manage Help Settings
  • Choose Online or Local Help.

In Visual Studio 2012, you can find it in:

  • Help -> Add and Remove Help Content
  • Add or Remove content as you like. Update button on the bottom right.

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