[R] Rgui not working in Windows Version 8.1

[peter dalgaard]

Hm, could you perhaps see whether R or RGui is the culprit by trying to start R in a Terminal ("DOS box"). If such a thing still exists in Windows 8.1, that is (I don't _do_ windows...).

-Peter

> On 06 Jul 2015, at 18:37 , Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have tried that already...no luck.
> 
> Thank you though!
> Sincerely,
> Erin
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:22 AM, John C Frain <frainj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am running
>> 
>> R version 3.2.1 Patched (2015-07-02 r68625) -- "World-Famous Astronaut"
>> Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>> 
>> and do not have any problems with Rgui. The output from Sys.info() is
>> 
>>> Sys.info()
>>       sysname        release        version       nodename        machine
>>     "Windows"        "7 x64"   "build 9200"      "DELL745"       "x86-64"
>> 
>> I don't know why the release is given as  "7 x64" because I am running
>> Windows 8.1 Professional on this PC.  If you have not already done so I
>> would uninstall R and reinstall it to see if that solves the problem.
>> 
>> 
>> John C Frain
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>> On 6 July 2015 at 02:14, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello everyone!
>>> 
>>> I have been having trouble with Rgui on a Windows machine running Version
>>> 8.1.  I download the binary from CRAN.  It installs fine.  But when I try
>>> to run it, the console opens for a moment, and then it disappears.
>>> 
>>> I believe this was on the Windows FAQ list.  I was wondering if there was
>>> any fix/patch please.
>>> 
>>> This is true for R Version 3.2.0 and 3.2.1.
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Erin
>>> 
>>> 
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