[R] R hangs on startup

[John]

On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 21:30:54 +0000
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.
> 
> Rgds,
> Vineet

When you say you start R AND R-Studio but the R screen freezes, are you
saying that R-Studio freezes, or is a separate instance of R freezing,
or?  From your post this is not precisely clear.

JWDougherty