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Install the Mudbox Help on your computer

The Mudbox Help is provided in an HTML format and is linked from Mudbox to an Autodesk Web server by default. You must have Internet access to access the Help.

This approach provides you with the most up-to-date version of the Help content while allowing Autodesk to make updates as required, even between software releases.

If you do not have reliable Internet access you can download the Mudbox Help from the Autodesk Web site and install it locally on your computer as follows.

1. Navigate to the Mudbox Documentation Web site:

   http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-docs

2. Click the MudboxHelp2009.zip file, and save it to the following location on your computer:

   C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Mudbox2009/help/docs

   NoteThese instructions assume that Mudbox is installed in the default path on your C: drive. If this is not the case, modify the above path to match your custom location.
3. Navigate to the docs directory specified above and unzip the file in that location.
4. Launch Mudbox, and select Windows > Preferences.
5. In the Preferences window, open the User Interface section, and set the Get Help From option to Local Machine/Network.

   The Help Path field becomes available for editing. By default, when the Get Help From option is set to Local Machine/Network, this path is set to: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Mudbox2009/help/docs. If you unzipped the Help folder in another location, enter that file path.

   The next time you select Help > Mudbox Help, Mudbox finds the Help content at the new path you specified.

   NoteThere is currently no automated mechanism within Mudbox for checking that a locally installed version of the Mudbox Help is up to date. Check the Autodesk Mudbox documentation Web site regularly to see if the Help version date is different from the one you installed.