R help - May 2014 - Cannot Launch R Help Files under Window 8.1

I've been using R for about 9 months and just installed R 3.1.0 on a new
computer running Windows 8.1.  IE is the default browser.  When I type
help(round) or ?round  the address:
http://127.0.0.1:25976/library/base/html/Round.html appears in IE but I get a
message saying the page cannot be displayed. Java 7 is installed on my
computer.  I did a Google search but didn't find any solutions.  How can I
get the help pages to display?

Jack

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Java should be unrelated to this. One potential issue might be that installing
help is an option that you may not have selected when installing R. Another
thought is that there may be some anti virus software that is blocking the R
help server.
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On May 25, 2014 4:18:25 PM PDT, Jack Pincus <jack.pincus at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
>I've been using R for about 9 months and just installed R 3.1.0 on a
>new computer running Windows 8.1.? IE is the default browser.? When I
>type help(round) or ?round ?the address:
>http://127.0.0.1:25976/library/base/html/Round.html?appears in IE but I
>get a message saying the page cannot be displayed.?Java 7 is installed
>on my computer.? I did a Google search but didn't find any solutions.?
>How can I get the help pages to display?
>
>Jack
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On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Jack Pincus <jack.pincus at
sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I've been using R for about 9 months and just installed R 3.1.0 on a
new computer running Windows 8.1.  IE is the default browser.  When I type
help(round) or ?round  the address:
http://127.0.0.1:25976/library/base/html/Round.html appears in IE but I get a
message saying the page cannot be displayed. Java 7 is installed on my computer.
I did a Google search but didn't find any solutions.  How can I get the help
pages to display?
>
It works on my Windows 8.1 system. A workaround would be to set the
help_type to "text":

options(help_type = "text")
?help