[R] Opening R

[Jeff Newmiller]

I don't see any attachments. I agree with Eric... depending on images in questions posed here is an unreliable strategy.

Re: pop-up messages regarding re-installation on Windows... I have never seen that occur with R, but I have seen it with other programs years ago. There are settings that Windows can apply that make newer versions of Windows behave as though they were older versions while running a specific program. As long as you are installing a current version of R downloaded from a valid CRAN mirror I don't think this compatibility feature should be triggered by R, so my recommendation would be to completely uninstall R and re-install a freshly retrieved copy. I would also warn against using any special Administrator privileges during install... if you are prompted by Windows about installing software then agree, but I would not expect you to have to take other special steps when running the setup program. 

On January 20, 2019 10:36:04 AM PST, David L Carlson <dcarlson using tamu.edu> wrote:
>Files with .png extensions generally make it through the list so, this
>attachment should survive. It shows the icons for R on Windows. The
>first is the icon for the R installation software, the second and third
>are the icons for the 64bit and 32 bit versions of R respectively.
>These icons may be in Start menu, not on the desktop.
>
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>David L. Carlson
>Department of Anthropology
>Texas A&M University
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces using r-project.org] On Behalf Of Eric
>Berger
>Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2019 3:00 AM
>To: Sydney Torbett <torbettsydneya using gmail.com>
>Cc: R mailing list <r-help using r-project.org>
>Subject: Re: [R] Opening R
>
>Hi Sydney,
>This mailing list is a text-only list so your pictures are not coming
>through.
>I am guessing that you are clicking on the setup (installation) program
>and
>not on R.
>That would explain why you are being led to the installation process
>again.
>
>You can try to search for another desktop icon that may be R.
>Or search for the program R.exe.
>Another possibility is to download RStudio which is a complete
>environment
>(IDE) for
>working with R.
>
>I hope that helps,
>Eric
>
>On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 10:43 AM Sydney Torbett
><torbettsydneya using gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Hello!  I have a Dell XPS laptop that runs windows and once I
>download and
>> install R, keeping all defaults, when I try to open the application
>that’s
>> on my desktop, a notification just pops up prompting a
>re-installation
>> process.  I can’t actually get inside R and I’ve followed all of the
>> directions properly to install it so why is this happening?  Here are
>some
>> pictures to hopefully help you understand the situation a little
>better.
>> 1. Installing R
>>
>> 2. Set Up Complete
>>
>> 3. My teacher’s post explaining that once I double-click on R, that
>image
>> should pop up.
>>
>> 4. What actually happens when I double-click R on my desktop (leads
>me
>> through the installation process again).
>>
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