Yes, the installer missed some file(s) in RHOME/bin.
When I choose "Message translations", the /bin directory contains the
following files.

R.dll
R.exe
RSetReg.exe
Rblas.dll
Rcmd.exe
Rgui.exe
Rlapack.dll
Rproxy.dll
Rterm.exe
Stangle.sh
Sweave.sh
helpPRINT.bat
md5check.exe

When I install without choosing "Message translations", the /bin directory
contains the following files.

INSTALL
R.dll
R.exe
REMOVE
RSetReg.exe
Rblas.dll
Rcmd.exe
Rd2dvi.sh
Rd2txt
Rdconv
Rdiff.sh
Rgui.exe
Rlapack.dll
Rprof
Rproxy.dll
Rterm.exe
SHLIB
Sd2Rd
Stangle.sh
Sweave.sh
build
check
helpPRINT.bat
massage-Examples
md5check.exe



On 10/4/06, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch@stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
>
> On 10/4/2006 12:02 AM, Ray Brownrigg wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 October 2006 14:17, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> >> On 10/3/2006 9:00 PM, ronggui wrote:
> >>> This morning I downloaded R-2.4.0 and install in under Windows. I
> >>> customized the installation and choose "Message translations",but I
> could
> >>> not launch Rgui.exe successfully( Rterm.exe worked fine). If I did't
> >>> choose "Message translations", Rgui.exe worked fine.
> >>>
> >>> "Message translations" is Simplified Chinese.
> >> Did you test any of the betas or release candidates?  I run an English
> >> language version of Windows, and I don't even get offered the chance to
> >> install in Simplified Chinese, so I certainly didn't test this.
> >>
> >> Duncan Murdoch
> >>
> >
> >> 7*runif(1)
> > [1] 2.897160
> >
> > Well, I have a (self compiled) R-2.4.0 beta (2006-09-24 r39497) which
> doesn't
> > exhibit the behaviour in the same environment (Windows XP Professional
> > English version but with Simplified Chinese set as the locale) that the
> > released R-2.4.0-win32.exe does.  [Perhaps my version didn't set up the
> > equivalent of  "Message translations" so this may be a red herring, but
> it
> > does output the startup message in Chinese, and error messages are also
> > output in Chinese.]
> >
> > What happens with the release version is an error message:
> > "R for Windows GUI front-end has encountered a problem and needs to
> close.  We
> > are sorry for the inconvenience."  Then it offers to "Please tell
> Microsoft
> > about the problem", and if you "click here"  the error signature has:
> > AppName: rgui.exe     AppVer: 2.40.39566.0    ModName: r.dll
> > ModVer: 2.40.39566.0  Offset: 000f22b3
> >
> > There is a lot more information as well, but I don't know how much is
> > relevant.
> >
> > By "Simplified Chinese set as the locale" I mean 'Control Panel/Regional
> and
> > Language Options' with Chinese (PRC) set in 'Regional Options/Standards
> and
> > Formats' and 'Advanced/Language for non-Unicode Programs'.
> >
> > [I don't rely on the Chinese environment, so this doesn't materially
> affect
> > me, but I may be able to help with diagnosis.]
>
> Could you take a look in RHOME/modules at the file iconv.dll?  We
> upgraded it to version 1.11.0.0 relatively late in the cycle; it's
> possible that your successful install uses a different version.  (The
> version should be available in the popup if you hover the mouse over it,
> or in the properties if you right click it.)
>
> If that's not it, then I'd guess the problem is that the installer
> missed some file(s); could you compare the installed file lists from the
> beta and the release, and send me a list of files that occur only in the
> beta?  It's normal for that list to be fairly long, because when you
> build yourself a lot of unnecessary files are left behind.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>



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