Hi Duncan,
   I tried:

> browseURL("http://www.r-project.org")
Error in shell.exec(url) : access to 'http://www.r-project.org' denied

As you can see, that elicited a similar error.  I'm running R version 2.10.1
(I uninstalled my old version of R and reinstalled a fresh copy today before
emailing the list).

I installed MySQL, but I get the same error.

My operating system is Windows 7 64-bit.

Any ideas?

Best,
Jonathan
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch@stats.uwo.ca>wrote:

> On 26/01/2010 4:54 PM, Jonathan wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>    My R installation is acting strangely and I'm hoping somebody might
>> have
>> an idea what's going on:
>>
>
> You need to give more details.  Which R version?  (If less than 2.10.1,
> install that and try again.)  Do you have MySQL installed on that machine?
>  (If not, install it.) Which Windows version are you using? Are you able to
> open other URLs from R, e.g. does
>
> browseURL("http://www.r-project.org")
>
> work?
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>> I can't seem to load the "RMySQL" function.  It seems to have installed
>> without a problem, but when I enter:
>>
>> library(RMySQL)
>>
>> R tells me:
>> Error in utils::readRegistry("SOFTWARE\\MySQL AB", hive = "HLM", maxdepth
>> =
>> 2) :
>>  Registry key 'SOFTWARE\MySQL AB' not found
>> Error : .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'RMySQL'
>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'RMySQL'
>>
>>
>> Moreover,
>> If I try to get information about a function (fisher exact test, for
>> example) by typing:
>> ?fisher.test
>>
>> R tells me:
>> Error in shell.exec(url) :
>>  access to 'http://127.0.0.1:12625/library/stats/html/fisher.test.html'
>> denied
>> If I manually open, in a web browser, the html file whose address is
>> given,
>> I can see and read the document.
>>
>> I'm wondering whether there is some kind of problem with the registry (any
>> ideas at all welcome).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
>>
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