[R] trouble with uninstall

[Joshua Wiley]

Hi Mark,

I do not have any XP or 32 bit systems lying around to try out
anymore, but I have R 2.13.1 running just fine on two Win 7 x64
systems.  Have you tried downloading it again and reinstalling?  My
antivirus has an unwelcomed predilection to remove R.dll which causes
havoc unless I set a manual exception for it.  Have you checked to
verify nothing else is interfering with the install/uninstall?

Cheers,

Josh

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 11:59 AM, marktab <mail2009 at marktab.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I had the same problem today.
>
> Error Message:  "This Installation can only be uninstalled on 64-bit
> Windows."
> Computer System:  Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 32-bit
> R Version attempted:  R 2.13.1 (installed as part of the R and Friends
> package from http://rcom.univie.ac.at/download.html)
>
> I have R 2.12.0 successfully running on another machine using Windows 7
> 64-bit.
>
> The reason I tried to uninstall is because the installation hanged at a
> certain point.  I went down the basic path of R installation only.  Since
> installation was unsuccessful, I logged off and tried again a few times.
> Then, when I tried to uninstall, the software gave an error message.
>
> I believe version 2.13.1 for Windows was packaged incorrectly, thus causing
> both installation and uninstallation problems.
>
> It is possible to uninstall manually.  If someone knows of a fix to this
> installation or uninstallation problem, please post to this thread (which
> might help other people who have the same problem).
>
> My resolution will be to drop back to an earlier version of R, and then wait
> for another future version beyond 2.13.1 -- sad that this particular build
> has some flaws
>
>
>
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>
> Mark Tabladillo
> Data Mining Architect
> Microsoft MVP; SAS Developer
> http://www.marktab.net
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Joshua Wiley
Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology
Programmer Analyst II, ATS Statistical Consulting Group
University of California, Los Angeles
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