installling R-devel on Windows

I clicked on the download link at
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html
and then opened the downloaded file which starts the installation process.
I specified a new directory that does not exist, R-test, to be sure that
it would not get confused with an old directory.

I repeated this using different directories and on different days.

I tried it from a user and an Admin account.

If I use the exact same procedure to install R-4.0.3patched it works.

I have successfully downloaded and installed R maybe hundreds
of times over the last 10 to 20 years and have never before
encountered this.

On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 3:00 PM Gabor Grothendieck
<ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:

When I try to install r-devel on Windows all I get is this.  No other
files.  This also occurred yesterday as well.

It just tested it to be sure, but it works fine for me. Are you using
the official installer from
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rdevel.html ?

The default install path is not R-test C:\Program Files\R\R-devel.
Perhaps you have old files lingering from previous installations that
cause permission problems during the installation process?

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