Hello! I have a Dell XPS laptop that runs windows and once I download and install R, keeping all defaults, when I try to open the application that?s on my desktop, a notification just pops up prompting a re-installation process. I can?t actually get inside R and I?ve followed all of the directions properly to install it so why is this happening? Here are some pictures to hopefully help you understand the situation a little better. 1. Installing R -------------- next part -------------- 2. Set Up Complete -------------- next part -------------- 3. My teacher?s post explaining that once I double-click on R, that image should pop up. -------------- next part -------------- 4. What actually happens when I double-click R on my desktop (leads me through the installation process again). -------------- next part -------------- Sent from my iPhone
Opening R
4 messages · Sydney Torbett, Eric Berger, David L Carlson +1 more
Hi Sydney, This mailing list is a text-only list so your pictures are not coming through. I am guessing that you are clicking on the setup (installation) program and not on R. That would explain why you are being led to the installation process again. You can try to search for another desktop icon that may be R. Or search for the program R.exe. Another possibility is to download RStudio which is a complete environment (IDE) for working with R. I hope that helps, Eric On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 10:43 AM Sydney Torbett <torbettsydneya at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello! I have a Dell XPS laptop that runs windows and once I download and install R, keeping all defaults, when I try to open the application that?s on my desktop, a notification just pops up prompting a re-installation process. I can?t actually get inside R and I?ve followed all of the directions properly to install it so why is this happening? Here are some pictures to hopefully help you understand the situation a little better. 1. Installing R 2. Set Up Complete 3. My teacher?s post explaining that once I double-click on R, that image should pop up. 4. What actually happens when I double-click R on my desktop (leads me through the installation process again). Sent from my iPhone______________________________________________
R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Files with .png extensions generally make it through the list so, this attachment should survive. It shows the icons for R on Windows. The first is the icon for the R installation software, the second and third are the icons for the 64bit and 32 bit versions of R respectively. These icons may be in Start menu, not on the desktop. --------------------------------------- David L. Carlson Department of Anthropology Texas A&M University -----Original Message----- From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Eric Berger Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2019 3:00 AM To: Sydney Torbett <torbettsydneya at gmail.com> Cc: R mailing list <r-help at r-project.org> Subject: Re: [R] Opening R Hi Sydney, This mailing list is a text-only list so your pictures are not coming through. I am guessing that you are clicking on the setup (installation) program and not on R. That would explain why you are being led to the installation process again. You can try to search for another desktop icon that may be R. Or search for the program R.exe. Another possibility is to download RStudio which is a complete environment (IDE) for working with R. I hope that helps, Eric On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 10:43 AM Sydney Torbett <torbettsydneya at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello! I have a Dell XPS laptop that runs windows and once I download and install R, keeping all defaults, when I try to open the application that?s on my desktop, a notification just pops up prompting a re-installation process. I can?t actually get inside R and I?ve followed all of the directions properly to install it so why is this happening? Here are some pictures to hopefully help you understand the situation a little better. 1. Installing R 2. Set Up Complete 3. My teacher?s post explaining that once I double-click on R, that image should pop up. 4. What actually happens when I double-click R on my desktop (leads me through the installation process again). Sent from my iPhone______________________________________________
R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
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I don't see any attachments. I agree with Eric... depending on images in questions posed here is an unreliable strategy. Re: pop-up messages regarding re-installation on Windows... I have never seen that occur with R, but I have seen it with other programs years ago. There are settings that Windows can apply that make newer versions of Windows behave as though they were older versions while running a specific program. As long as you are installing a current version of R downloaded from a valid CRAN mirror I don't think this compatibility feature should be triggered by R, so my recommendation would be to completely uninstall R and re-install a freshly retrieved copy. I would also warn against using any special Administrator privileges during install... if you are prompted by Windows about installing software then agree, but I would not expect you to have to take other special steps when running the setup program.
On January 20, 2019 10:36:04 AM PST, David L Carlson <dcarlson at tamu.edu> wrote:
Files with .png extensions generally make it through the list so, this attachment should survive. It shows the icons for R on Windows. The first is the icon for the R installation software, the second and third are the icons for the 64bit and 32 bit versions of R respectively. These icons may be in Start menu, not on the desktop. --------------------------------------- David L. Carlson Department of Anthropology Texas A&M University -----Original Message----- From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Eric Berger Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2019 3:00 AM To: Sydney Torbett <torbettsydneya at gmail.com> Cc: R mailing list <r-help at r-project.org> Subject: Re: [R] Opening R Hi Sydney, This mailing list is a text-only list so your pictures are not coming through. I am guessing that you are clicking on the setup (installation) program and not on R. That would explain why you are being led to the installation process again. You can try to search for another desktop icon that may be R. Or search for the program R.exe. Another possibility is to download RStudio which is a complete environment (IDE) for working with R. I hope that helps, Eric On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 10:43 AM Sydney Torbett <torbettsydneya at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello! I have a Dell XPS laptop that runs windows and once I
download and
install R, keeping all defaults, when I try to open the application
that?s
on my desktop, a notification just pops up prompting a
re-installation
process. I can?t actually get inside R and I?ve followed all of the directions properly to install it so why is this happening? Here are
some
pictures to hopefully help you understand the situation a little
better.
1. Installing R 2. Set Up Complete 3. My teacher?s post explaining that once I double-click on R, that
image
should pop up. 4. What actually happens when I double-click R on my desktop (leads
me
through the installation process again). Sent from my iPhone______________________________________________
R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
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