[Rd] Windows Vista Issues

[Gabor Grothendieck]

If you find you need to turn UAC off try, instead, installing R into
   %userprofile%\Documents\R\R-2.6.0
(assuming R 2.6.0).  I run with UAC *on* although actually I was able
to run R with UAC on even with R in c:\Program Files\R\R-2.6.0.
It was only R CMD CHECK/INSTALL that was a problem and
even that I am not so sure really needed the step of relocating R to
%userprofile%\... since I tried so many things and it might have been
something else.

Also see my post here:
https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2007-September/046830.html


On 9/7/07, Dominick Samperi <djsamperi at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Mark Difford wrote:
> > Hi Dominick,
> >
> > No offence intended, but I have been running R (presently 2.5.1.patched) on
> > a Vista (Home Basic) machine without a hitch since March 2007.  Initially I
> > had to turn off "User Account Control" to install new packages, but that was
> > a known issue.  I still run it that way, though it's not necessary anymore
> > (to have a truly smooth R).  You really don't need it switched on if you
> > have decent anti-virus stuff &c.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mark Difford.
> >
> Yes, I found the UAC trick, and the fact that most people turn it off
> suggests to me that the
> security policy was not executed very well. I agree with Uwe that my
> posting was a bit off topic, having
> more to do with Windows Vista hacks than with R, but I thought this
> mailing list is read by
> technical/developer types who might appreciate my comments.
>
> I don't think you will find any info about WinZip/ZipGenius
> compatibility issues in the
> Windows Vista docs, and the main purpose of my posting was to share what
> I learned
> with this mailing list. But by all means for R packaging purposes
> everyone should use
> the approved/tested zip that is part of Brian Ripley's Rtools collection.
>
> I'll have to remember to stay on topic in the future.
>
> Dominick
>
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