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- AddOnHelpPath
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is a global option that specifies which directories are searched for the help notebooks used within the help system.


SystemHelpPath
is a global option that specifies which directories are searched for the help notebooks used within the help system.
Details

- The directories to be searched are specified using the FrontEnd`FileName function. Typical directories included on SystemHelpPath are $InstallationDirectory and $UserBaseDirectory.
- The help notebooks should be located in a subdirectory called Documentation/language, where language is determined by the value of the global variable $Language. It can be any language recognized by the system, such as English, French, or German.
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), SystemHelpPath, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SystemHelpPath.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "SystemHelpPath." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SystemHelpPath.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). SystemHelpPath. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SystemHelpPath.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_systemhelppath, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SystemHelpPath}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SystemHelpPath.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_systemhelppath, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SystemHelpPath}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SystemHelpPath.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}