I don't see any attachments. I agree with Eric... depending on images in questions posed here is an unreliable strategy.
Re: pop-up messages regarding re-installation on Windows... I have never seen that occur with R, but I have seen it with other programs years ago. There are settings that Windows can apply that make newer versions of Windows behave as though they were older versions while running a specific program. As long as you are installing a current version of R downloaded from a valid CRAN mirror I don't think this compatibility feature should be triggered by R, so my recommendation would be to completely uninstall R and re-install a freshly retrieved copy. I would also warn against using any special Administrator privileges during install... if you are prompted by Windows about installing software then agree, but I would not expect you to have to take other special steps when running the setup program. On January 20, 2019 10:36:04 AM PST, David L Carlson <dcarl...@tamu.edu> wrote: >Files with .png extensions generally make it through the list so, this >attachment should survive. It shows the icons for R on Windows. The >first is the icon for the R installation software, the second and third >are the icons for the 64bit and 32 bit versions of R respectively. >These icons may be in Start menu, not on the desktop. > >--------------------------------------- >David L. Carlson >Department of Anthropology >Texas A&M University > >-----Original Message----- >From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Eric >Berger >Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2019 3:00 AM >To: Sydney Torbett <torbettsydn...@gmail.com> >Cc: R mailing list <r-help@r-project.org> >Subject: Re: [R] Opening R > >Hi Sydney, >This mailing list is a text-only list so your pictures are not coming >through. >I am guessing that you are clicking on the setup (installation) program >and >not on R. >That would explain why you are being led to the installation process >again. > >You can try to search for another desktop icon that may be R. >Or search for the program R.exe. >Another possibility is to download RStudio which is a complete >environment >(IDE) for >working with R. > >I hope that helps, >Eric > >On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 10:43 AM Sydney Torbett ><torbettsydn...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> Hello! I have a Dell XPS laptop that runs windows and once I >download and >> install R, keeping all defaults, when I try to open the application >that’s >> on my desktop, a notification just pops up prompting a >re-installation >> process. I can’t actually get inside R and I’ve followed all of the >> directions properly to install it so why is this happening? Here are >some >> pictures to hopefully help you understand the situation a little >better. >> 1. Installing R >> >> 2. Set Up Complete >> >> 3. My teacher’s post explaining that once I double-click on R, that >image >> should pop up. >> >> 4. What actually happens when I double-click R on my desktop (leads >me >> through the installation process again). >> >> Sent from my iPhone______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.