Somehow I have lost the correct file association for .RData files. They are now associated with a text file editor. When I right click on any .RData file and try to change the association, R is not listed as a choice of program. I browse to c:\Program Files\R\rw2001\bin\Rgui.exe and select that file to open .RData, but Windows does not then place Rgui.exe in the list of programs to use. I can open any .RData file by dragging it onto the R desktop icon, but cannot double-click any .RData file to open it. This problem has persisted through several uninstalls of old versions and upgrades to new versions of R. I found no mention of the problem in the mail archives. Windows XP R 2.0.1 Thanks, Richard Valliant [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
You can change file associations by going into Windows Explorer (hold down Windows key and press E) and choosing Tools | Options. Take the File Types tab. Now, select RDATA from the long list and click on Advanced and Edit and enter the string: "C:\Program Files\R\rw2001\bin\RGui.exe" "%1" in the box labelled Application used to perform the action. Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:24:27 -0500 From: Richard Valliant <rvalliant at survey.umd.edu> To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch> Subject: [R] lost association for .RData files Somehow I have lost the correct file association for .RData files. They are now associated with a text file editor. When I right click on any .RData file and try to change the association, R is not listed as a choice of program. I browse to c:\Program Files\R\rw2001\bin\Rgui.exe and select that file to open .RData, but Windows does not then place Rgui.exe in the list of programs to use. I can open any .RData file by dragging it onto the R desktop icon, but cannot double-click any .RData file to open it. This problem has persisted through several uninstalls of old versions and upgrades to new versions of R. I found no mention of the problem in the mail archives. Windows XP R 2.0.1 Thanks, Richard Valliant
It is an optional part of the install: did you check the option? If so, it still works in R 2.0.1. On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Richard Valliant wrote:> Somehow I have lost the correct file association for .RData files. They > are now associated with a text file editor. When I right click on any > .RData file and try to change the association, R is not listed as a > choice of program. I browse to c:\Program Files\R\rw2001\bin\Rgui.exe > and select that file to open .RData, but Windows does not then place > Rgui.exe in the list of programs to use. I can open any .RData file by > dragging it onto the R desktop icon, but cannot double-click any .RData > file to open it. > > This problem has persisted through several uninstalls of old versions > and upgrades to new versions of R. I found no mention of the problem in > the mail archives. > > Windows XP > R 2.0.1> Thanks, > Richard Valliant-- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595
If you right click the file icon of any of the RData files in Windows Explorer, the click Open With, and then Browse and Choose the R executable file icon in the R folder under Program Files (and make sure "Always Use This Program" is chosen), then you should be able to get the default back. Tim Liao Professor of Sociology & Statistics University of Illinois ---- Original message ---->Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:24:27 -0500 >From: "Richard Valliant" <rvalliant at survey.umd.edu> >Subject: [R] lost association for .RData files >To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch> > >Somehow I have lost the correct file association for .RDatafiles. They>are now associated with a text file editor. When I rightclick on any>.RData file and try to change the association, R is notlisted as a>choice of program. I browse to c:\Program Files\R\rw2001\bin\Rgui.exe>and select that file to open .RData, but Windows does notthen place>Rgui.exe in the list of programs to use. I can openany .RData file by>dragging it onto the R desktop icon, but cannot double-click any .RData>file to open it. > >This problem has persisted through several uninstalls ofold versions>and upgrades to new versions of R. I found no mention ofthe problem in>the mail archives. > >Windows XP >R 2.0.1 > >Thanks, >Richard Valliant > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html