[R] Why does R start in wrong working directory despite R_USER setting?

[Michael Dewey]

Assuming you are using the GUI you can use the Properties of the 
shortcut to tell R where to start.

On 07/08/2015 17:31, Mauricio Cornejo via R-help wrote:
> Hi
> After launching newly-installed R 3.2.1 (on Windows 7), I run the following two commands:
>> getwd()[1] "C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/R"
>> Sys.getenv('R_USER')[1] "C:\\Users\\<my username>\\Documents"
> I would like the startup working directory to be that pointed to by R_USER.
> I don't have administrative access to the machine.
> Many thanks for any insight anyone can provide.
> Mauricio
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