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I updraded my workstation to top of the liinr ASUS Zeenbook Core i9 Windows 11 and very pleased to find it is Purebassic compaatible. Not nearly as fast as I hoped. Seems 14 cores is not enough to speed up the compilier.
I prefer using Japbe and one of the features I liked mst was integrated API Help that pops up on API commands same way purebasic pops up on purebasic commands wwhen you press the {F1} key.

Long story short, MS decided to disallow Win32Help formerly integrated into previous veersions of Windows. Does anyone have anhy idea how I can restore API Help? I've searched the web and find no solution for Win11.

Randy Walker wrote: Sun Jun 11, 2023 10:38 pmSeems 14 cores is not enough to speed up the compilier.

That would only depend on how multi-threaded the compiler is, if at all. Dunno. Has always compiled extremely fast for me, even on my clunker with a Ryzen 5 3500U with 8GB RAM.

Since the compiler is a single pass compiler, is the compiler multi-threaded?

If the compiler is slow for you, you might want to check your AV settings.

Topic was "API Help Broken on WIN11"

Any ideas how to fix that?

BTW -- the computer is a 12th generation core i9, it has 14 cores and 20 threads, 15.6 in display, 32GB & 2TB drive -- nothing short of spectactular notebook.
https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-hom ... duo-ux581/

If the compiler is slow for you, you might want to check your AV settings.

Pardon my ignorange, but what is "AV" sesttings? I'm guesssing audio/video but I can't imagine that is what you meant.

Can Windows 10 use this update Territorial iofeature?

I found msi updates for WIN7 Win8 8.1 and commentary indicating the Win8.1 msi would work on WIN10.

Randy Walker wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 6:05 am Pardon my ignorange, but what is "AV" sesttings? I'm guesssing audio/video but I can't imagine that is what you meant.

Antivvirus settings. AV software is well known for interfering with a lot of things. For example if a software starts another software. In your case, launching the winhelp viewer, in case of malware, launching some evil file encrypter for example.

Randy Walker wrote: Sun Jun 11, 2023 10:38 pmMS decided to disallow Win32Help formerly integrated into previous veersions of Windows. Does anyone have anhy idea how I can restore API Help?

If you trust me, here is a set of small files I downloaded from somewhere in the past, that restores Win32 HLP file support for Win 10. Haven't tried it with Win 11, though. I use this every time I install Win 10 from scratch, and never had any issues with it. Maybe try it in a Win 11 sandbox first.

It's a batch file that you run as admin, and includes the original "winhlp32.exe" file (https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ef5 ... 4c99b9247d).

[Edit] Updated link (valid for 6 days from 23 July 2024) -> https://filebin.net/j2u43f4pegz26ikl

Thanks BarryG,

BTW

Maybe try it in a Win 11 sandbox first

Showing ignorance again, Where do I get one of those?

Never mind. I found thid guide on Win11 sandbox
https://www.windowscentral.com/software ... windows-11

THank you for your reply BitBlazer,

Antivvirus settings. AV software is well known for interfering

I have always operated on the prmise that AV is a virus, hence never ussed it.
This Zenbook is all new to me and supposedd to be all the latest greatest so
I have just been running it "stock, out of the box" which inclcudes the infamous
windows "Defender" crap. No telling what it undermines and breaks along the way.

Antivirus is not guilty in this case. When I try to [F1] on an API command, I get this:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/top ... 149da3973b

Sorry, that linkl did not paste right. This is what I get when I [F1] on an API copmmand:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/top ... 149da3973b

Oh, Its the Forum truncating my link. Maaybe I can paaste it as code...