Not really a question about R, but you can make a Windows shortcut that sets the directory where you want it.
My preference is to start in different working directories depending on which project I am working on. R_USER is not a project directory. One way to do that is to double-click on an RData file located where you want to start. Another way is to create a new shortcut in each directory. Another way is to add a line to your script that sets the directory appropriately, though that makes sharing the scripts harder. Another way is to use RStudio projects. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On August 7, 2015 12:31:16 PM EDT, Mauricio Cornejo via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: >Hi >After launching newly-installed R 3.2.1 (on Windows 7), I run the >following two commands: >> getwd()[1] "C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/R" >> Sys.getenv('R_USER')[1] "C:\\Users\\<my username>\\Documents" >I would like the startup working directory to be that pointed to by >R_USER. >I don't have administrative access to the machine. >Many thanks for any insight anyone can provide. >Mauricio > [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.