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No, "however" is set off by commas only in certain situations. The following sentences are all correct:

  • We did everything we could; however, her injuries were too severe, and she died.
  • These days, however, most mincemeat does not contain any meat, although it may still contain beef suet.
  • However you'd like to proceed is fine with me.

Although there is still debate about its correctness, many do not have a problem using "however" (in the sense of "nevertheless") to begin a sentence, as in the following example:

I followed all the instructions carefully for "easy installation and setup". However, as the night wore on, I still continued to get nothing but errors.

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