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.NET 
Somehow I couldn't install the Composite Application Block from Microsoft, so I compiled it from source. While this solved the first part, it didn't provide me with the helpfile. The helpfile is an HXS file which you need to register with the document explorer and I didn't.
Google proved to be useful here, I found Helpexplorer 3.0, appearantly this is a tool that can read HXS files and is cross-platform too. I don't care about the last feature, but it sure comes in handy for those cases where you have an HXS file but didn't register it with Visual Studio. You can download this nifty tool here: http://www.help-explorer.com/hx.php
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If you just want to read the file, why not open it with Microsoft help Manualy
C:windowswinhlp32.exe ?
It would keep your Visual studio a bit cleaner.
Rolf
If that opens HXS files, it would be great. But so far I haven’t been able to open HxS files with it. One note though, Helpexplorer doesn’t register the helpfiles, so yes indeed it keeps your visual studio help collection clean 🙂
willemm