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Prompted by your post I went looking for some, typing 'help' into the start menu search in Windows 11. An app came up called Get Help. It opens with an ad bann
by Nition 4y ago
Prompted by your post I went looking for some, typing 'help' into the start menu search in Windows 11. An app came up called Get Help.
It opens with an ad banner at the top: "Increase productivity and collaboration all while staying organized, using a new meeting solution designed for small businesses. Learn More". Out of morbid curiosity I chose to Learn More but "We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found."
There are several features in Get Help beyond the primary feature of linking to a broken URL. You can sign in, you can rate your experience out of five, or you can send feedback. There is no Contents or Index, but there is a search box with a few suggested searches like 'How to install Office'. I tried searching 'how to copy paste' (without quotes) but "Your search did not match any solutions." It suggested I sign in to contact support. Closing the app is a little tricky because the minimise/maximise/close buttons are the wrong colour - white on pale grey.
Before closing the app, I selected a rating of 1/5, although my rating had been cleared upon reopening.
- egypturnash 4y agoThis sounds a lot like my experience with the Help menus in Adobe stuff, I haven’t been able to get to my expensive art tool’s menus from within it for years. I miss when it came in a box with a printed brick of a manual.
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y agoThe empty bloatedness of a stinking, rotten cadaver. And countless vultures fighting over the last pieces. Or trying to sell them.
- Nition 4y agoI would struggle to write a satire of the situation worse than the reality. In case things change, for future readers, here's a screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/aToMCtE.png https://i.imgur.com/aToMCtE.png
- Semaphor 4y ago> Prompted by your post I went looking for some, typing 'help' into the start menu search in Windows 11. An app came up called Get Help. I just tried F1 in both Firefox and JetBrains Rider. Nothing. I wonder when that one disappeared. Though at least both have a proper online help. edit: Trying it in all open apps, some kind of help opens in MS Teams, Discord, Outlook and Directory Opus (file manager).