Local/online help

I have sql server 2012 dev edition on my Windows 8.1 workstation.
While in SSMS I clicked F1 and was asked if I wanted to use online or local help. I selected local and was asked to point to where the doco resided locally. At this point I remembered that BOL is not installed at set-up and has to be browsed online or downloaded.
I went to help manager settings so I could switch from local to online but the dialogue that is shown in all the online articles is not what I see. All I get is the option to browse for local help.
So, I went online and downloaded SQLServer2012Documentation_December2012_EN.exe and unzipped it to my temp directory. When I go to my temp directory I do not see any obvious way to install. I see some html files, lots of cab files and an .msha file that
Windows 8.1 has no clue how to handle.
So at this point:
I have no way to select online help under the settings (dialogue is not shown)
I cannot install the downloaded exe as I see no way to do so.
I have tried pointing the "where is local help" dialogue under help manager to the file unzipped into temp but that doesn't recognize any valid help files.
Where from here?

Hello,
If you downloaded the help from the below link
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=347
Please follow these instructions:
1. Click the Download button on this page to start the download.
2. Click Save to save the download to a USB drive or other portable media that
can be carried into the firewalled environment.
3. Double-click the self-extracting EXE to unpack the contents.
4. Specify a location of your choice to extract the contents to. For example,
a network share that is accessible to your destination server.
5. Launch Help Library Manager by going to Start, All Programs, SQL Server 2012,
Help & Community, and clicking Manage Help Settings or by launching SQL Server Management Studio, clicking the Help menu, and then selecting Manage Help Settings.
6. In Help Library Manager, click Choose online or local help.
7. Select I want to use local help and click OK.
8. Click Install content from disk and browse to the directory where you unpacked
the downloaded EXE.
9. Select the HelpContentSetup.msha file and click Open.
10. Click Next.
11. Click Add next to the documentation you want to install.
12. Click Update.
13. Exit Help Library Manager.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
SQLCoffee.com

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