@Bryon 

sin(exp(x^2));
                             /   / 2\\
                          sin\exp\x //

The snipping tool works however selecting a portion of maple code and pasting it in the example above still shows 1d code.  I believe it used to show code in 2d?  That portion of the copy and paste still requires fixing.  Thanks for fixing the snip part of it.

kernelopts(homedir)
                                     "C:\Users\laptop22"

I put the Maple.ini file in that directory.

The initialization file then pointed Maple to go to c:/Advisor where the 3 files are stored.
libname:="c:/Advisor/",libname

There was no message about hdb -> help migration.   I also notice libname is also entered under the variable list in the Variables palette.

***edit added***

I can get it to work in Maple 12.  Even after converting the .hdb file to a .help file (using the HelpTools:-Database:-convertall("c:/Advisor") ) I don't see why the same method for reading the helpfile in M12 doesn't work for Maple 2016.

Perhaps this is why it's not working.  Robert Israels help database is indeed in hdb format.

From the help pages

Maple Help Database (.hdb) Format

HDB file format

@acer oops sorry miswording on my part.

let me try something

@acer No, putting the files in the homedir does not work.  The help pages for the Maple Advisor database are still not available in Maple 2016

@acer No I didn't.  I had put it in the installed Maple 2016 folder (not near maple now) I don't know if that would make a difference.

@acer That explains why it works in M12 and not in M2016.  I'll give that a try.

**added** update
Creating a Maple.ini file and inseriting libname:="c:/Advisor/",libname:  - I created a new directory - unfortunately does not work.
In M12 a new help title called Advisor comes up in the help file.  Haven't tried kernelopts yet.

From here http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel/advisor/

Ironically I tried loading this in Maple 2016 and could not get help to pick it up.

I did...

Create folder c:/MapleAdvisor/advisor/  where I unzipped the files
libname := libname, `c:/MapleAdvisor/advisor`

?advisor

Just the normal help files came up.  I'm sure I got this working in the past however I do not remember the solution.  Anyone?

Is there any way to read a Maple file and get the file properties?

Opening a maple file in notepad we can only weed out some properties (ie. the Maple version used to create the file) , and FileTools can only provide the date of the file when it was modified. 

Unless GetDocumentProperties(all) was used explicitly in the maple file the Author and Subject of document properties appears hidden in machine language script (using notepad)

Here's the related issues I'm sure your already aware of but I'm just linking these two threads together

http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/220134-Changed-Behaviour-Of-Editor

@Bryon Windows 7 with Firefox

@DSkoog I thought so.  It didn't work on M12 or M18 I had at the time so I just thought it was available in M2016. 

What good is that command in Maple if it can only work within the file you're already in anyways?

@DSkoog Thanks, that answers the question perfectly.  That part of the command wasn't documented.  It would a nice addition to the help file.

@taro indeed ssystem does work.  If I leave a space between the two paths within the quotes of ssystem, it works.

ssystem("c://Program Files/Maple 2016/bin.x86_64_WINDOWS/maplew.exe  c://Users/laptop22/Documents/Start2Test.mw")

I almost had it right :) and just slightly different coding methods using system[launch]

If your file you are trying to load has any spaces, it will not load