R help - May 2017 - I cannot run R.EXE or RSCRIPT.EXE

I cannot run R.EXE or RSCRIPT.EXE. It produces this error:


'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.


I have attempted to put quotes around the full path including the executable and
also running the exectuable from within the path itself with the same result.
The only way I can do this is to move the installation from C:\Program
Files\R\R-3.4.0 to C:\R\..


Is this a limitation of the program itself?


-Dom

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On 04/05/2017 4:08 PM, Dominik Szewczyk wrote:
> I cannot run R.EXE or RSCRIPT.EXE. It produces this error:
>
>
> 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
>
> I have attempted to put quotes around the full path including the
executable and also running the exectuable from within the path itself with the
same result. The only way I can do this is to move the installation from
C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.0 to C:\R\..
>
>
> Is this a limitation of the program itself?
It sounds like a limitation of the way you're trying to run them, which 
you haven't told us.

Duncan Murdoch

Dear Dominik

Try this
Open a command window
Type PATH
Does the path to where R has stored its executables appear on the PATH?

Either way get back to us with more details.

On 05/05/2017 11:01, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 04/05/2017 4:08 PM, Dominik Szewczyk wrote:
>> I cannot run R.EXE or RSCRIPT.EXE. It produces this error:
>>
>>
>> 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external
command,
>> operable program or batch file.
>>
>>
>> I have attempted to put quotes around the full path including the
>> executable and also running the exectuable from within the path itself
>> with the same result. The only way I can do this is to move the
>> installation from C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.0 to C:\R\..
>>
>>
>> Is this a limitation of the program itself?
>
> It sounds like a limitation of the way you're trying to run them, which
> you haven't told us.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
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Dominik,

Folders with spaces can be very tricky sometimes.  In my case single quotes
didn't work, but double quotes did (see my example below).  Adding the full
path to your PATH variable with eliminate the need to specify the full path,
making it much easier.

Thanks,

Roger


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C:\Users\bosr>C:\Program Files\R\R-3.3.3\bin\R.exe
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\bosr>'C:\Program Files\R\R-3.3.3\bin\R.exe'
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\Users\bosr>"C:\Program Files\R\R-3.3.3\bin\R.exe"

R version 3.3.3 (2017-03-06) -- "Another Canoe"
Copyright (C) 2017 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)



-----Original Message-----
From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Duncan
Murdoch
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 6:01 AM
To: Dominik Szewczyk; r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] I cannot run R.EXE or RSCRIPT.EXE

On 04/05/2017 4:08 PM, Dominik Szewczyk wrote:
> I cannot run R.EXE or RSCRIPT.EXE. It produces this error:
>
>
> 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
>
> I have attempted to put quotes around the full path including the
executable and also running the exectuable from within the path itself with the
same result. The only way I can do this is to move the installation from
C:\Program Files\R\R-3.4.0 to C:\R\..
>
>
> Is this a limitation of the program itself?
It sounds like a limitation of the way you're trying to run them, which you
haven't told us.

Duncan Murdoch

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