[R] I cannot run R.EXE or RSCRIPT.EXE

[Richard M. Heiberger]

Try the 8.3 version of the path name.

   dir /w

if I remember correctly.
"Program files" will become progra~1


On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 06:46 Michael Dewey <lists at dewey.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear Dominik
>
> Try this
> Open a command window
> Type PATH
> Does the path to where R has stored its executables appear on the PATH?
>
> Either way get back to us with more details.
>
> On 05/05/2017 11:01, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> > On 04/05/2017 4:08 PM, Dominik Szewczyk wrote:
> >> I cannot run R.EXE or RSCRIPT.EXE. It produces this error:
> >>
> >>
> >> 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> >> operable program or batch file.
> >>
> >>
> >> I have attempted to put quotes around the full path including the
> >> executable and also running the exectuable from within the path itself
> >> with the same result. The only way I can do this is to move the
> >> installation from C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.0 to C:\R\..
> >>
> >>
> >> Is this a limitation of the program itself?
> >
> > It sounds like a limitation of the way you're trying to run them, which
> > you haven't told us.
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch
> >
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