I am preparing to upgrade a Team Foundation Server 2008 to Team Foundation Server 2010. Based on prior experience of upgrading from 2005 to 2008, I decided it would be a good idea to read the manual this time. A quick server for “TFS 2010 install guide” took me to what I was looking for: the Team Foundation Installation Guide for Visual Studio 2010.

I downloaded the RTM of the CHM file and opened it up only discover is was devoid of any content. (Excuse the screenshot, my work laptop is on XP).

I was perplexed… why is this empty file on Microsoft downloads.

I checked the options menu to see if there was anything that could help. What I found was a list of standard options for Internet Explorer. I clicked on Home, and nothing happened. I decided the problem must be a security issue.

I then opened up the properties on the file itself and found an interesting option I’ve never seen before.

That did the trick.

If you’ve ever opened Office files that you’ve downloaded from the Internet, it will give you the option to unblock content within the Office program. The properties option is present on those files as well (I went back to check). It appears that the Help Viewer needs to be updated to be more user friendly.