[R] About .RData

[Stephen Liu]

----- Original Message ----

From: Michael Dewey <info at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk>
To: Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>; Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com>
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 12:50:51 AM
Subject: Re: [R] About .RData

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>>You probably set the startup directory in the shortcut when you did 
>>the install.  (I believe that's the default behaviour.)  So you need 
>>to edit the shortcut to a different directory, possibly with a 
>>separate shortcut for each user.  The editing is done through 
>>Windows, by right-clicking on the shortcut.
>>
>>Duncan Murdoch

>I find it is best to tell R when i install it _not_ to supply a 
>shortcut and then as Duncan suggests establish one myself as the 
>user. The alternative is to set the permissions so you can reset the 
>startup directory within the shortcut.


Hi Michael,

Advice noted.  Thanks

Stephen L