[R] Cannot Launch R Help Files under Window 8.1

[Gabor Grothendieck]

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