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. John C Frain 3 Aranleigh Park Rathfarnham Dublin 14 Ireland www.tcd.ie/Economics/staff/frainj/home.html mailto:fra...@tcd.ie mailto:fra...@gmail.com On 6 July 2015 at 17:37, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodg...@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 <fra...@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:fra...@tcd.ie >> mailto:fra...@gmail.com >> >> On 6 July 2015 at 02:14, Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodg...@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 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Erin Hodgess >>> Associate Professor >>> Department of Mathematical and Statistics >>> University of Houston - Downtown >>> mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com >>> >>> [[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. >>> >> >> > > > -- > Erin Hodgess > Associate Professor > Department of Mathematical and Statistics > University of Houston - Downtown > mailto: erinm.hodg...@gmail.com > [[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.