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Re:Show HN: Resurrecting the Dillo browser by tentacleuno on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @08:51PM (#38849726)
> I was so mad that software stopped using Windows help files

Are you referring to HTML Help? I believe they rendered those with Internet Explorer; I'm willing to bet they still do for backwards compatibility.

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Re:Show HN: Resurrecting the Dillo browser by lmz on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @09:17PM (#38849877)
I think they meant the Windows help files (HLP files). There seems to be a copy of the viewer here https://archive.org/details/microsoft_help_viewer_hlp
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