R help - Feb 2014 - Problem with default location of workspace in RStudio

Hi all,

 I hope this question has not been repeated recently!  I am new to R-
I am using RStudio version 0.97.551 with R version 3.0.2 - and have a
problem with the default directory from which the workspace is loaded
at startup.  [I am not using projects]

I have a directory with my data files, and I have set this to be the
working directory by adding the line setwd("e:/myfiles") to the
Rprofile.site file in the R installation directory.  However, when I
start RStudio, it loads the workspace from the e:/Program
Files/RStudio/.RData , in the RStudio installation directory.  Yet the
working directory IS set to "e:/myfiles", and this also shows up on
the RStudio options General tab.  When I quit RStudio, it asks me
whether to save the workspace in the myfiles directory, and does so
correctly-but again loads the older workspace file from the other
location next time.

I have tried changing the options (Load workspace etc.), but haven't
been able to get the right workspace to load automatically.

Thanks & regards,
Partho

Wrong list, ask on the rstudio support forum
On Feb 11, 2014 8:10 AM, "Partho Sarkar" <partho.ss@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  I hope this question has not been repeated recently!  I am new to R-
> I am using RStudio version 0.97.551 with R version 3.0.2 - and have a
> problem with the default directory from which the workspace is loaded
> at startup.  [I am not using projects]
>
> I have a directory with my data files, and I have set this to be the
> working directory by adding the line setwd("e:/myfiles") to the
> Rprofile.site file in the R installation directory.  However, when I
> start RStudio, it loads the workspace from the e:/Program
> Files/RStudio/.RData , in the RStudio installation directory.  Yet the
> working directory IS set to "e:/myfiles", and this also shows up
on
> the RStudio options General tab.  When I quit RStudio, it asks me
> whether to save the workspace in the myfiles directory, and does so
> correctly-but again loads the older workspace file from the other
> location next time.
>
> I have tried changing the options (Load workspace etc.), but haven't
> been able to get the right workspace to load automatically.
>
> Thanks & regards,
> Partho
>
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