How can I improve the speed of opening help browser in MATLAB 7.3(R2006b)?

Opening the help browser initially takes 20-30 seconds. Consecutive openings of the help browser in the same MATLAB session are much faster, however, I would still prefer the initial opening to be faster. I tried different ways of opening the help browser such as pressing F1, clicking on '?' icon, or typing 'doc' at the command prompt but the speed does not improve.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2012a (R2012a). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

Most of the initial startup time is due to the initialization of the "Web Renderer" used by versions of MATLAB greater than MATLAB 7.3 (R2006b). The functionality to accelerate the opening of the Help Browser based on this web renderer is not available in MATLAB 7.3 (R2006b).

There are no workarounds.