Microsoft Help container
File type: Document file, Archive and compressed file
A .mshc file is a Microsoft Help container, a compressed archive used by Microsoft Windows Help to store help content.
The container can include HTML help documents, images, and other files needed to display the help material.
File type category:
Document file
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: October 17, 2026
The Microsoft Help container format is associated with Microsoft help systems on Windows. An .mshc file is a ZIP-based archive that packages the files belonging to a help collection, including HTML documents, images, and related resources.
Microsoft Windows Help uses these containers to deliver application documentation. The MSHC Migration Utility can be used with MSHC help containers, while FAR HTML provides tools for working with their help content.
On Windows, open the file with Microsoft Windows Help or FAR HTML. The MSHC Migration Utility can also be used when the container needs to be migrated.
FAR HTML can process MSHC files and transform their help content into other formats that it supports.
Software applications that can open mshc files:
Microsoft Windows
Programs for viewing mshc files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create mshc files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that convert mshc files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving mshc files:
Microsoft Windows
Language
