[R] Version 2.7.2 GUI acts awkward?

Duncan Murdoch murdoch at stats.uwo.ca
Tue Sep 30 12:31:46 CEST 2008


Gregor Rolshausen wrote:
> hi,
> I am running R 2.7.2 Windows - recently the GUI-windows (for example to 
> "change directory" or "read in R-scripts") do not open - well, they 
> open, but close down directly afterwards. I can't select a directory or 
> file ...
>
> I tried re-installing R - same problem again.
>
> does anybody have an idea?

Windows file dialogs invoke a large number of other programs.  I suspect 
that you have recently installed one that doesn't work.

Uninstall whatever you installed recently, or use System Restore to go 
back in time to a point where things worked.

Duncan Murdoch



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