[R] DCOM 1.3.5 Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040013 on iR.Init("R")

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Nigel.Findlater at partnerre.com wrote:

> 
> Hallo Everyone,
> 
> I have a problem getting R DCom to work on a MS Server 2003. I am using
> Visual Studio 2005 to use some statistical functions from R. I have
> installed DCOM 1.3.5. but as soon as the statement iR.Init("R") is executed
> I get the following error:
> 
> Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040013
> 
> I have checked the path and the environmental variables and there are none
> associated with the RDCom, which is what I would expect.
> 
> I searched the registry for differences between my laptop (Windows XP SP2)
> where it works but have not found anything useful
> 
> I have also tried to install Version 2.0.0 from
> http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/dcom/RSrv200.html. But this did not
> resolve the prblem
> 
> Any ideas?

That page tells you the appropriate mailing list for questions about that
software, or you can do as the R posting guide asks and contact the 
authors/maintainers.

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