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HELPDECO

HELPDECO dissects Windows Help files from Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, and 95, and many MVB multimedia viewer titles, into the files needed to rebuild them with HC30, HC31, HCP, HCW, HCRTF, WMVC, MMVC, or MVC. The output includes the HPJ or MVP project, RTF, phrases, icons, pictures, and baggage files.

Targets: Binary
Category: Native analysis tools
Relationship: Foundation tool
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 38
Last commit: 2026-06-25
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Run HELPDECO with a help filename. Files are written in the current directory. Option -y overwrites existing files without asking.
License: GPL-2.0-or-later.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{helpdeco,
  title = {{HELPDECO}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/pmachapman/helpdeco}},
  url = {https://github.com/pmachapman/helpdeco},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/helpdeco/}}
}

Plain text

HELPDECO. https://github.com/pmachapman/helpdeco (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/helpdeco/

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README GitHub · pmachapman/helpdeco · Revision 7852737