[R] Rgui not working in Windows Version 8.1

[Erin Hodgess]

I'll try that next.

Love the "I don't do Windows".  Do they give you a pane?


On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 1:30 PM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >> 3 Aranleigh Park
> >> Rathfarnham
> >> Dublin 14
> >> Ireland
> >> www.tcd.ie/Economics/staff/frainj/home.html
> >> mailto:frainj at tcd.ie
> >> mailto:frainj at gmail.com
> >>
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Erin Hodgess
> >>> Associate Professor
> >>> Department of Mathematical and Statistics
> >>> University of Houston - Downtown
> >>> mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
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> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Erin Hodgess
> > Associate Professor
> > Department of Mathematical and Statistics
> > University of Houston - Downtown
> > mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
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Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematical and Statistics
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com

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