I have done some digging on this and it looks like it may be related to the sequence in which products are installed.
Here was a hopeful looking answer, but it doesn’t work for me
[quote:b72c36df8a]On 20 Apr 2006 17:51:06 -0700, carmellewi…@gmail.com wrote:
> I have the exact same problem. I see 10 SQL-related items in the
> \”Filtered By\” list (such items as \”SQL Server 2005\”, \”SQL Server
> Analysis Services\”, etc) , but nothing else. It’s really frustrating.
> Anyone found the solution to this?
Yes! Finally!!
You can open up the Visual Studio 2005 help system, and find the place
where the URL: is, and enter this:
ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/dv_vscccommon/local/CollectionManager.htm
Check all the unchecked boxes you want, and then click the \”Update VSCC\”
button at the bottm and follow the instructions!
Another tip if you happen to have Visual Studio .NET 2003 as well – It
seems that VS .NET 2003 help system will recognize the VS 2005 help topics
but not the other way around… So you can open up your VS .NET 2003 help
and enter the URL:
ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/VSCCCommon/cm/CollectionManager.htm
And add all the .NET 2003 stuff *and* the .NET 2005 stuff!
I hope that helps… It sure drove _me_ crazy until now!
Cheers!
– Andrew [/quote:b72c36df8a]
[quote:b72c36df8a]Hi Bob,
>It looks like when I installed the Sql server 2005 (first in sequence
>of installation) it installed all its help OK, but after that installing
>VS 2005 Developper Team Edition and then installing product
>documentation something in that sequence prevented the help
>from \”registering\” if thats the correct word, with
>VS2005 developper team edition
yes, I also think that may be the problem. The general convention is to
install the VS2005 RTM first, then install the SQL Server 2005. You may
need to reinstall the VS2005 and SQL Server 2005 for a test.
By the way, before you install the VS2005 RTM, you need to uninstall all
the pre-RTM VS2005 components, it includes the SQL Server, .NET Framework,
MSDN for VS2005, etc.. Please refer to the VS2005 RTM’s ReadMe
documentation for the details.
Thanks!
Best regards,
Gary Chang
Microsoft Community Support
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Apparently SQL Server 2005 breaks Help. I am going to try repairing Visual Studio but I don’t expect it to work. I may have to rebuild the system.