[R] Rgui not working in Windows Version 8.1

[John C Frain]

You might try starting Rterm or Rgui with the option --vanilla. If this
starts the you have a corrupted .Rdata file or there is a problem with
something in your environment. Have a look at appendix B of an introduction
to R and you may be able to work out what is wrong. Check that some part of
your current R system is not using something from an earlier version. While
this should not happen I did manage something like it some time ago. I
don't recall the exact problem but it can happen.

@Peter There still are terminal programs in Windows 8.1. I use an interface
Conemu64 which is an interface to the windows console. I was working with
gcc sometime ago and have recently discovered that many unix shell commands
now work in conemu64. This rather proves your point.

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On 6 July 2015 at 17:37, 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
>>>
>>>
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>>> Associate Professor
>>> Department of Mathematical and Statistics
>>> University of Houston - Downtown
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>
>
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