unidentifiable problem..

Hi Duncan,
   I tried:
 

 > browseURL("http://www.r-project.org <http://www.r-project.org/>")

Error in shell.exec(url) : access to 'http://www.r-project.org 
<http://www.r-project.org/>' denied
 
As you can see, that elicited a similar error.  I'm running R 
version 2.10.1 (I uninstalled my old version of R and reinstalled a 
fresh copy today before emailing the list).
 
I installed MySQL, but I get the same error. 
 
My operating system is Windows 7 64-bit.
 
Any ideas?

 
Best,
Jonathan
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca 
<mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>> wrote:

    On 26/01/2010 4:54 PM, Jonathan wrote:

        Hi All,
           My R installation is acting strangely and I'm hoping somebody
        might have
        an idea what's going on:


    You need to give more details.  Which R version?  (If less than
    2.10.1, install that and try again.)  Do you have MySQL installed on
    that machine?  (If not, install it.) Which Windows version are you
    using? Are you able to open other URLs from R, e.g. does

    browseURL("http://www.r-project.org <http://www.r-project.org/>")

    work?

    Duncan Murdoch


        I can't seem to load the "RMySQL" function.  It seems to have
        installed
        without a problem, but when I enter:

        library(RMySQL)

        R tells me:
        Error in utils::readRegistry("SOFTWARE\\MySQL AB", hive = "HLM",
        maxdepth =
        2) :
         Registry key 'SOFTWARE\MySQL AB' not found
        Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'RMySQL'
        Error: package/namespace load failed for 'RMySQL'


        Moreover,
        If I try to get information about a function (fisher exact test, for
        example) by typing:
        ?fisher.test

        R tells me:
        Error in shell.exec(url) :
         access to
        'http://127.0.0.1:12625/library/stats/html/fisher.test.html'
        denied
        If I manually open, in a web browser, the html file whose
        address is given,
        I can see and read the document.

        I'm wondering whether there is some kind of problem with the
        registry (any
        ideas at all welcome).

        Thanks,
        Jon

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