Specifically, with Geany-1.30.1 (default install) on Win7/32-bit, when accessing help from within preferences, help fails to open and the following error is reported in the status bar:
*Failed to open URI: "C:\Program Files\Geany\share\doc\geany\html\index.html#editor-features-preferences": The system cannot find the file specified.*
(The `index.html` file is in that exact location, but it is not being found.)
When opened manually from within IE, the help file opens fine and the URI shown in IE is:
`file:///C:/Program%20Files/Geany/share/doc/geany/html/index.html#editor-features-preferences`
The primary difference being the `file:///` appended to the beginning, but that simply looks to be.how IE reports the URI in the address bar rather than any cause of the failure to open. My only guess is that there is a parse error somewhere, perhaps with the jump reference within the page being tacked on the end of the filename (e.g. `#editor-features-preferences`)
I apologize for initially filing under the different unrelated bug. This is a low-priority issue. Let me know if you need me to provide anything else.