Anyone have any ideas why my help browser on Windows would not be working? Brand new computer - first install of Houdini on it. I just get a blank help browser. Not sure where to begin diagnosing that problem. Tried disabling the firewall and that did not work.

I know I can look at online help, but I really would like to have my local help working so I can launch example files.

Thank you!
Adam

Does hbrowser.exe show up in the Task Manager? You could try pressing the help button a few more times. I've noticed that it can be slow to startup.

Hey Edward, thanks for the response. I have to check when I am at work on Monday and get back to you. Definitely pressing the help button a few times makes no difference. If it were only that simple… :wink:

Yes, hbrowser.exe does show up in my task list. Just blank help pane. I am positive the help docs are installed. Just does not seem to be connecting to the local help files for some reason. Is there some place where I can tell the help browser where to look for the help files?

Bump.

Still no progress here. Any ideas? Any things I should be checking?

Sorry, not sure what's happening. It sounds like something is blocking it on your system, not sure what though. Mind you, it works for me but I have a pretty old build installed. Maybe someone else on Windows can confirm whether they have problems.

I seem to have a similar problem, but for me it is sufficient to restart houdini. In 3 out of 4 tries help works. The rest of the time the help button seems to do nothing until I restart Houdini. Fresh install of win 7 x64. Latest x64 Production build of houdini, but problem was already under Hou11 present.

Thanks guys. I will keep trying things and see if I can figure it out. Maybe there is some way the computer here at work is configured that is blocking the help browse. If I figure it out I will post back.

same problem on fedora 36