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Getting Windows Help Center Initialization failure error message

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Posted 08 November 2008 - 09:15 PM

I am getting this message when I attempt to enter the Windows Help Center: "The Initialization Of the Help Center failed. Please report the following error number to Microsoft Support: -2147143679". I have gone to Microsoft's site and while they have an article on how to deal with a Help Center Initialization failure, it's a different error number. I tried it anyway and nothing seems to be happening. Help!!!!!!

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Posted 09 November 2008 - 01:06 PM

Have you done any malware scans?
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