[R] Fwd: Opening R in 64-bit version by default

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 25/05/2011 5:43 PM, John C Frain wrote:
> I have no problems configuring .r files to start in Emacs or RStudio
> and then use Emacs or RStudio to call the required version of R.
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> You might check when you open with other from Windows Explorer that
> the check box "Always open with this program is ticked.
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> If you are using Windows 7 you can set an change default programs as follows -
> 1 open Control Panel
> 2 click on programs
> 3 click Default Programs and follow the options to set the required defaults.
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>   I have never used Vista and dont know if this works in Vista

I suspect the latter method will fail, since it's using the same tools 
as "Open with..." uses, and that appears to be buggy.  But I'm on 32 bit 
XP right now, so I can't verify.

Duncan Murdoch

>
> Best regards
>
> John
>
>
> On 25 May 2011 01:55, Michael Sumner<mdsumner at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> When you installed R there should be shortcuts on your desktop, or under /R/
>> in the start menu unless you opted for the installation to not create
>> those.
>>
>> Click (or double-click) the one that has a name like "R x64 2.13.0" - the
>> x64 indicates that the shortcut is for the 64-bit R. You won't have this if
>> you opted not to install the 64-bit R components.
>>
>> Use that shortcut every time to start R, and when it's running right-click
>> the task bar item and click "Pin this program to tasksbar" to make it super
>> accessible.
>>
>> If you have R older than 2.12.0 then the 32-bit and 64-bit installers are
>> separate, but you don't specify your version and you should use the latest
>> in any case.
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>> If you have shortcuts for 32-bit R, or other versions then you'll need to
>> clean up or organize them in whatever way works best for you.
>>
>> Cheers, Mike.
>>
>> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 5:23 AM, Duncan Murdoch<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On 24/05/2011 1:27 PM, Josh Browning wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh, of course, sorry.  I'm running Windows 7.  Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Your question is probably a question for Microsoft.  Why doesn't whatever
>>> you did work?
>>>
>>> Someone here might be able to help if you describe what you did.  I just
>>> tried "Open with..." and selected Rgui.exe from the bin/x64 directory, and
>>> that failed.   A couple of other things I tried worked:
>>>
>>> 1.  Edit the registry key
>>>
>>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RWorkspace\shell\open\command
>>>
>>> 2.  Rename the bin/x64/Rgui.exe file to something else, and ask to open
>>> with that.
>>>
>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>
>>>   Josh
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsemius at comcast.net]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:25 AM
>>>> To: Josh Browning
>>>> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [R] Opening R in 64-bit version by default
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On May 24, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Josh Browning wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   Hi Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>>   This may be a dumb question, but I can't seem to figure it out.  I
>>>>>   have
>>>>>   32 and 64 bit versions of R installed on my machine, and I'd really
>>>>>   like
>>>>>   the 64-bit version to be the default (i.e. what opens when I open up a
>>>>>   workspace).  I've tried right-clicking on the workspace and setting
>>>>>   the
>>>>>   default option as the 64 bit version, but it still opens the workspace
>>>>>   in 32-bit.  Am I missing something here?  Any help would be greatly
>>>>>   appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Shirley, you don't expect us to read your mind. OS?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> David Winsemius, MD
>>>> West Hartford, CT
>>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Sumner
>> Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
>> Hobart, Australia
>> e-mail: mdsumner at gmail.com
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