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...2) I tried (what I understand) to be you suggestion. I created etc/Renviron.site: R_LIBS_SITE="C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\library:C:\Program Files\R\R-2.7.2\Packages" 3) As a test, downloading a package resulted in it being stored in: C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Local Settings\Temp\RtmpO7pcpi\downloaded_packages 4) From the documantation of Renviron: Unix versions of R have a file 'R_HOME/etc/Renviron' which is read very early in the start-up processing. It contains environment variables set by R in the configure process, and is *not used on R for Windows*. I seek your guidanc...