# Help menu failure
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-menu-failure/2418
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 26, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-menu-failure/2418 "2005-10-26T11:06:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-menu-failure/2418/1 "2005-10-26T11:06:27Z")
Here on V2.29 V2.33 the first three Help menu commands file, doing nothing but show an hourglass for a moment. The remainder works as expected.
Any ideas?
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2005, 11:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-menu-failure/2418/2 "2005-10-26T11:14:31Z")
Ah, now I find they open a window in a deeply buried browser main window (Avant)whereas other apps (e.g. Explorer) pull the window to the front.
I wonder why this does not happen in mp3tag.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-menu-failure/2418/3 "2005-10-26T11:27:25Z")
I'm using SW\_SHOWNORMAL at the ShellExecute call to open the help file, which reads as
> [@](#):
>
> Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized, Windows restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when displaying the window for the first time.
It works fine here. Maybe it's sth. with your browser or browser settings.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-menu-failure/2418/4 "2026-02-09T12:19:29Z")