Helpctr
Starts Help and Support Center. Used without parameters,
helpctr displays the Help and Support Center home page.
Syntax
%systemroot%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\helpctr [/url
[URL]] [/mode [URL]] [/hidden] [/fromstarthelp]
Parameters
/url [URL]
Specifies the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that
you want to display within Help and Support Center.
/mode [URL]
Specifies an Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Definition file that complies with the
Launch_Description.dtd schema, which controls the
context, layout and content of Help and Support
Center.
/hidden
Starts Help and Support Center without displaying
the user interface. This command can load a topic.
You use this command for remotely administered
script execution.
/fromstarthelp
Starts a new instance of Help and Support Center.
Remarks
-
Using URL
When you use /url or /mode, you can use quotation marks around the URL (that is, "URL"). If a space exists within URL, replace it by typing %20 (that is, "URL%20Address").
- To run helpctr from a command line, you must include the path. By default, the path to helpctr.exe is %systemroot%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\.
Examples
To use helpctr to start a remote assistance session using a .msrincident
file you have created, type:
%systemroot%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\HelpCtr /mode "hcp://system/Remote Assistance/RAClientLayout.xml" /url "hcp://system/Remote%20Assistance/Interaction/Client/rctoolScreen1.htm?IncidentFile=rahelp.msrincident"
Formatting legend
| Format | Meaning |
| Italic | Information that the user must supply |
| Bold | Elements that the user must type exactly as shown |
| Ellipsis (...) | Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line |
| Between brackets ([]) | Optional items |
| Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd} | Set of choices from which the user must choose only one |
| Courier font | Code or program output |