After reading the help files (?Startup) and using 
RSiteSearch("defaultPackages"), I have been trying to add several packages 
to my default startup list using the following code:

local({
old<-getOption("defaultPackages")
options(defaultPackages=c(old,"lattice","RODBC")
})

Subsequently, when I query the default list using:

getOption("defaultPackages")

the list of packages I have added appears along with the standard defaults.  
However, when I restart R, none of these packages are loaded and they don't 
appear in the default list when it is queried again.  There's probably 
something simple I am missing and I am hoping that someone will (politely) 
point out where I've messed up.

I am running R 2.4.0 on a Windows 2000 PC.  Sys.getenv("R_USER") returns the 
location of my Rconsole in the "...My Documents" file, but my working 
directory is in the "...program files/R/R-2.4.0" directory, if that helps.

Thanks for your assistance.

Jeff--


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