[R] R hangs on startup

[Fox, John]

Dear Vineet,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Vineet
> Gupta
> Sent: April 3, 2017 5:41 AM
> To: 'David Winsemius' <dwinsemius at comcast.net>
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] R hangs on startup
> 
> David,
> 
> Thx for the quick reply. Firstly, apologies for using windows - I need to switch
> to Linux!

It's not obvious that your problem is OS-specific, nor is it necessarily the case that your problem is a bad .RData or .Rhistory file, though it's worth trying to delete them.

BTW, does R work properly outside of RStudio?

> 
> Do you have any suggestion of a suitable website, that may cover how to do
> this? I will look on Google, but I generally find that to be a time intensive, and
> low reward endeavour.

Generally R will save the workspace on exit (if you ask it to) in the working directory. Under RStudio this would normally be the directory of your current project, or, if you're not using a project and haven't changed your working directory, in your Documents folder.

You're looking for files named .RData (the workspace) and .Rhistory. The former may be hidden in Windows Explorer  if you don't display known-to-Windows file extensions, but you'll still see the R icon. .Rhistory isn't a registered extension and should appear in any event. Right click on these files and delete them.

It's generally a good idea *not* to hide file extensions. In the Windows Explorer "View" tab, check "File name extensions."

I hope this helps,
 John

-----------------------------
John Fox, Professor
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M4
Web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox


> 
> Rgds,
> Vineet
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsemius at comcast.net]
> Sent: 03 April 2017 05:03
> To: Vineet Gupta <lakestay at hotmail.com>
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] R hangs on startup
> 
> 
> > On Apr 2, 2017, at 2:30 PM, Vineet Gupta <lakestay at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been struggling with this problem with for 2 weeks, but have yet to
> find a solution on Google.
> >
> > I am running R 3.3.3 on Windows 10. For the past 2 weeks, when I open R
> (and RStudio), the R screen freezes and is unusable. Nothing has changed, to
> trigger this event. I have tried re-installing the software, and downgrading
> to an older version of R. Nothing seems to work.
> >
> > If someone could help me, then I would very much appreciate it. At this
> point, I am at a loss.
> >
> 
> Startup difficulties are often the result of a corrupted ,Rdata or .Rhistory
> file. These are generally hidden files, so you may need to learn how to
> delete such "dot-files" or whatever term is used to describe files that do
> no appear on your OS file browser. I don't know where the Windows version
> of
> RStudio keeps these files.
> 
> 
> > Rgds,
> > Vineet
> >
> >
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