[R] R versions > 4.0.2 fail to start in Windows 64-bit

[Bill Dunlap]

Does this happen when you start R with the --vanilla flag?  When you remove
or rename ./.RData?

-Bill

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 8:37 PM N. Jordan Jameson <jjameson using terpmail.umd.edu>
wrote:

> I have a 64-bit Windows machine and I've installed R versions 4.0.0 through
> 4.0.5 and only versions 4.0.2 and below will successfully start. This
> morning I installed 4.0.5, and when I start R, the R-gui starts for less
> than a second and then disappears. I tried to open R using RStudio and I
> got the following messages:
>
> `The R session failed to start.` and ` The R session process exited with
> code -1073740791`
>
> The log for this error is:
>
> ```
> ERROR system error 10053 (An established connection was aborted by the
> software in your host machine) [request-uri: /events/get_events];
>
> OCCURRED AT void __thiscall rstudio::session::HttpConnectionImpl<class
> rstudio_boost::asio::ip::tcp>::sendResponse(const class
> rstudio::core::http::Response &)
> src/cpp/session/http/SessionWin32HttpConnectionListener.cpp:113;
>
> LOGGED FROM: void __thiscall rstudio::session::HttpConnectionImpl<class
> rstudio_boost::asio::ip::tcp>::sendResponse(const class
> rstudio::core::http::Response &)
> src/cpp/session/http/SessionWin32HttpConnectionListener.cpp:118
> ```
> I'm not sure what is going on, but this same thing happens with R 4.0.3 and
> R 4.0.4, but not with R 4.0.2. I would like to use the most recent version
> of R if possible, but for now I am stuck with 4.0.2.
>
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