I remember finding an AOE1 HELP program years ago. I remember it being neat and useful with animations. In my computer's AOE Directory, there is a Help folder with neat AOE sounds, but no HELP file.
Normally, you should be able to click on the HELP button in the main AOE1 menu and it should bring up a HELP program. When I do this in my NO CD version in Windows 7 or Windows 10, it brings me to a Microsoft screen that there is an Error opening help in Windows based programs.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/error-opening-help-in-windows-based-programs-feature-not-included-or-help-not-supported-3c841463-d67c-6062-0ee7-1a149da3973b
Maybe the HELP program was originally online and then eventually Microsoft took it down. I don't know what happened.
The page gives information on downloading "4013443 WinHlp32.exe for Windows 7". But when I click on the link, it says that the Download is no longer available. When I try to do an internet search for other copies and sites to download WinHlp32.exe, I get what seem to be junk websites claiming to have the program.
The reason at the moment that I am looking for the HELP program is that I am looking for the source of a quote about the AFTERLIFE for a scenario that I am making. The Fandom Page for AFTERLIFE says that the source of the quote is the "AOE Manual."
https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Afterlife
However, if you download the actual AOE and ROR paged book "Manuals," you will see that the quote isn't in them. (AOE Manual PDF is here:http://aoe.heavengames.com/dl-php/showfile.php?fileid=2037&f=1&st=&ci=)
So I am guessing that the quote is actually from the old AOE "HELP" Encyclopedia. I did find the quote given among many other Technology Descriptions in Jim Chamberlin's 2004 AOE FAQ
(https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/90380-age-of-empires/faqs/2270). However, my guess is that the quote is originally from the HELP Encyclopedia, not from Chamberlin's FAQ. This is because the Tech descriptions in his FAQ look like the ones that you would find in the HELP Encyclopedia, and because the FANDOM page refers to the AOE Manual as the source, not to Chamberlin's FAQ.
Normally, you should be able to click on the HELP button in the main AOE1 menu and it should bring up a HELP program. When I do this in my NO CD version in Windows 7 or Windows 10, it brings me to a Microsoft screen that there is an Error opening help in Windows based programs.
Maybe the HELP program was originally online and then eventually Microsoft took it down. I don't know what happened.
The page gives information on downloading "4013443 WinHlp32.exe for Windows 7". But when I click on the link, it says that the Download is no longer available. When I try to do an internet search for other copies and sites to download WinHlp32.exe, I get what seem to be junk websites claiming to have the program.
The reason at the moment that I am looking for the HELP program is that I am looking for the source of a quote about the AFTERLIFE for a scenario that I am making. The Fandom Page for AFTERLIFE says that the source of the quote is the "AOE Manual."
However, if you download the actual AOE and ROR paged book "Manuals," you will see that the quote isn't in them. (AOE Manual PDF is here:
So I am guessing that the quote is actually from the old AOE "HELP" Encyclopedia. I did find the quote given among many other Technology Descriptions in Jim Chamberlin's 2004 AOE FAQ
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[This message has been edited by rakovsky (edited 07-16-2021 @ 09:00 PM).]