Where is the web browser set for context help?

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Jason
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Perhaps I have run into a bug with EAP (as it worked fine in the evaluation version), but now when I press F1 to bring up Context Help for something, it opens in Edge. This is despite the default web browser being chrome.

If I open a command prompt and type "start https://www.jetbrains.com/", it opens correctly in chrome.

 I tried going into the File->Settings->Tools->Web Browser and tried setting Default Browser to Custom Path = C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

It still opens Edge.

Just making sure I'm not missing some setting before I report it as a bug.

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Dmitry Kazantsev
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Hi, Jason

Unfortunately, I could not reproduce the behavior you described. Could you please share two screenshots to investigate further:
- "Default apps" Windows settings
- Rider Web browser settings ( File | Settings | Tools | Web browsers )

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Jason
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Some noteworthy things, using the following code example:

private void Start()
{
    var collider = GetComponent<BoxCollider>();
    Destroy(collider);
}

If I put my cursor on BoxCollider and press F1, it opens this link in Edge:
file:///C:/Program%20Files/Unity/Hub/Editor/2019.4.22f1/Editor/Data/Documentation/en/ScriptReference/BoxCollider.html

If I put my cursor on collider and press F1, it opens this link in Chrome:
https://www.google.com/search?q=collider

If I hover over BoxCollider and click the link for "External documentation for 'BoxCollider'" it opens the first link in Chrome. So it seems it's specifically the F1 behavior that is not working.

Also of note, if I hover over GetComponent, there is no "External documentation for 'GetComponent'" in the popup shown. However if I put my cursor on it and press F1, it does open the documentation for GetComponent (in Edge).

I am now on

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Jason
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Also, I did try unchecking the box next to Edge in the Rider settings. It didn't change any of the behavior I reported above. It still opened Edge with F1.

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Jason
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Seems like maybe this was fixed. Using

I hit F1 and it actually popped up this:

 

I set it to Chrome and now it works.

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