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Visual Studio 2010 includes a [[taskbar]] applet in the Windows notification area (system tray) that arbitrates between viewing offline help and online help in the browser when F1 is pressed, and resolves help topic [[URI]]s to the proper topic page. It also includes a "library manager" application to manage the download, installation and uninstallation of help topics on the system, as well as whether to prefer online help when connected to the Internet.
 
Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0 uses a COM runtime library, so the taskbar applet is no longer used. The format is unchanged.<ref>{{cite web |title=Help Viewer - MSHelpWiki |url=http://mshelpwiki.helpmvp.com/mshelp/help-viewer |website=mshelpwiki.helpmvp.com}}</ref> The runtime API is accessible via .NET dlls used in VS2012 and Windows 8.<ref>{{cite web |title=HV2 API Calls - Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0 |url=http://hv2.helpmvp.com/doc/api |website=helpware hv2}}</ref> VS2012 ships a more sophiscated toolkit (HlpViewer and HlpCtntMgr), while Windows 8 only has a one-pane HelpPane program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft Help Viewer 2.0 |url=http://hv2.helpmvp.com/doc/abouthelpviewer2 |website=hv2 ,helpmvp}}</ref>
 
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