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I have been having trouble with the Blank Help Window problem and have tried all the minor fixes with no luck (trashing preference files, etc.). The trouble is usually connected to OS X help but occasionally affects the help connected to other apps as well.
One of the folks who offered advice told me to use Pacifist to reinstall the Help Files in hopes this would cure the problem. I decided recently to follow his advice and try reinstalling the Help Viewer file from Install CD #1 by using Pacifist in hopes that it will fix the problem for once and all.
So I used Pacifist to open the OS X Install disk and then I searched for the file "Help Viewer" using Find. When Find was done there were 16 Help Viewer files in the sidebar window. All but 1 of them had .app tacked on. The one without .app was simply listed as Help Viewer.
Does anybody know whether I select and reinstall all of these files or just some of them?
Thanks!

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