Microsoft download of the WinHelp engine fails

Question

I notice that the download of the x86 winhelp engine no
longer works. It is needed to run WinHelp under Vista.
I have been using the link
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6EBCFAD9-D3F5-4365-8070-334CD175D 4BB&displaylang=en
It was fine a couple of weeks ago.
I get the message "The update does not apply to your system"
I have been looking for winhelp.exe on my system, hoping I
would be able to copy it, but it is not to be found.
Has anyone raised this issue with Microsoft yet?

Answer 1

I just followed your link from a Vista machine that has the
viewer (winhelp32.exe) installed and it started the Genuine
Advantage script rather than telling me the update was not
applicable. Maybe that comes later in the script after it has
checked that you have a genuine copy of Vista.
Has your client tried again as that link is the correct one
on a 32 bit system? Could your client have got the 64 bit system as
suggested by Rick? I would have thought that if they attempted to
run the HLP file they would have got the same message I did when I
ran such a file and the link would go to the correct version of
winhelp engine.