diff --git a/shell/e-shell-window-actions.c b/shell/e-shell-window-actions.c
index 2700a51..85d01cf 100644
--- a/shell/e-shell-window-actions.c
+++ b/shell/e-shell-window-actions.c
@@ -701,7 +701,17 @@ static void
 action_contents_cb (GtkAction *action,
                     EShellWindow *shell_window)
 {
+/* On Windows, link to online help instead. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576478 */
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+	char online_help_url[55] = "http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/";
+	strcat (online_help_url, EDS_MAJOR_VERSION);
+	strcat (online_help_url, ".");
+	strcat (online_help_url, EDS_MINOR_VERSION);
+	e_show_uri (GTK_WINDOW (shell_window), online_help_url);
+	gfree (online_help_url);
+#else
 	e_display_help (GTK_WINDOW (shell_window), NULL);
+#endif
 }
 
 static void
