Installing addtional Vim helptags on Windows (x64)

Question

I have been finally trying to get up to speed with Vim, in this case on Win 64 So I have Vim installed in C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Vim\\ and I have added the DB plug in which seems to be working but I want to configure the help file the inst says to run :helptags $VIM/vimfiles/doc from in Vim but I get C:\\Program Files\\Vim\\vimfiles\\doc not found (note the reference to the Program files and not the x86 version)... I've tried changing the directory in Vim to the C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Vim\\vimfiles\\doc and variations.... but have not found the "secret combo to unlock this beast!?

These file path issues between platforms are a bear!

Answer 1

I had the same problem; my .vimrc had called helptags (I thought it would be a great idea to put it there), anyway, once I removed that helptags call, the error went away and I STILL could get help on dbext from vim. I'm assuming now that you do not need to call helptags except for possibly once, not on every vim start.