[R-pkg-devel] problem with regdmp finding v4.2.x under Windows

[Uwe Ligges]

The installer asks you

"Save Version in Registry" with Description "Save the R version and 
install path in the Registry". If this is checked in the installation 
wizard, it should work, otherwise not.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


On 05.07.2022 10:15, Ivan Krylov wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> Since we don't have a separate "R on Windows" or "R installation
> and administration" mailing list, I think that this question is a
> better fit for R-help, not R-package-devel. Although R-devel could be
> an option too (if we determine that the R installer is doing something
> wrong), the last time R installer has been significantly changed is
> 2020, so the problem is likely elsewhere.
> 
> On Tue, 5 Jul 2022 01:59:43 +0000
> Jonathan Godfrey <A.J.Godfrey using massey.ac.nz> wrote:
> 
>> To do all of that efficiently, I make extensive use of batch files
>> (Windows user alert) and a key ingredient of those batch files is
>> that I avoid having to edit the R version number with each
>> installation.
> 
> Can you show us the relevant parts of the batch files?
>   
>> On my older desktop which has multiple R installations, I do not get
>> an "Access denied" error, quarto finds the path to the 4.2.0
>> installation via brute force, but regdmp via my batch files gives me
>> 4.1.x instead.
> 
> What is the output of the following commands on the machines where you
> have troubles finding R-4.2.x?
> 
> reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\R-core"
> reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\R-core"
> 
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