[R] help pages do not open

[Dimitri Liakhovitski]

Problem solved. It turned out I had to reset my IE as my default
browser for all extentions (like .html). Now, R help is working!
Dimitri

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Dimitri Liakhovitski
<dimitri.liakhovitski at gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried one more thing - I uninstalled R again, and this time
> installed it under:
> C:\Users\Myname\R\R-2.12.0
> And again - am gettting the same error:
> Error in shell.exec(url) :
>  access to 'http://127.0.0.1:30111/library/stats/html/lm.html' denied
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
> Dimitri
>
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Dimitri Liakhovitski
> <dimitri.liakhovitski at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have just installed R-2.12
>> I have Windows 7, 64-bit verison.
>> I currently have IE as my default browser. The internet connection is very good.
>>
>> Whenever I try to run a help command (?lm, for example), I get this error:
>> Error in shell.exec(url) : access to
>> 'http://127.0.0.1:20271/library/stats/html/lm.html' denied
>>
>> I first got this message when Google Chrome was my default browser.
>> For some reason, Google Chrome stopped opening web pages. At the same
>> time R11 stopped showing help pages. Then, I uninstalled Google Chrome
>> and defined IE as my default browser. Then, I uninstalled R11 and
>> installed R12 instead. But I am getting the same error.
>>
>> Any advice?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dimitri Liakhovitski
>> Ninah Consulting
>> www.ninah.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Dimitri Liakhovitski
> Ninah Consulting
> www.ninah.com
>



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Dimitri Liakhovitski
Ninah Consulting
www.ninah.com