R help - Nov 2005 - vector memory exhausted (limit reached?)" error message while loading saved workspace

I am running R 2.2.0 in a Windows XP environment.  During my previous r session,
I saved my workspace as “20051123b.Rdata”.  (On disk, it is ~1.25 gb.)  I have
launched R. (I have the following in my application shortcut
<--max-mem-size=4000M>, and although it may not be necessary, I have also
run the following line in R: <memory.limit(size = 4000)>.  I have nothing
loaded in the workspace.
   
  I am trying to load the saved workspace, which is ~1.25gb in size.
  <load("C:/Program Files/R/rw2011/20051123b.RData")>
   
  I get the following message: “vector memory exhausted (limit reached?)".”
   
  I encounter this problem under both the official R 2.2.0, and the patched R
2.2.0.  Is there anything I can do to load this workspace?  It was working fine
last time it was loaded in my R session.
   
   


		
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