On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 08/07/2010 9:26 AM, David Bickel wrote: >> >> Yes, the User into which I logged in before launching RGui is an >> Administrator. Correct, the problem is not limited to Bioconductor packages. >> > > On Windows 7, it's not enough to have the user be an administrator, you need > to run programs specifically with administrative rights. You do this by > right clicking on the icon, and choosing "Run as administrator".
Reason for this is that "Program Files" is a protected directory, and changes can only be done by programs that get administrator rights (which is not the same as running a program in an administrator account). Without those administrator rights, R cannot access the default folder for the packages, as that one is also included in the Program Files. Also changing the Rprofile.site becomes a hassle, as so many other tweaks. Actually, the only programs getting there are Microsoft related applications. If there's no strict need to place a program there, I stay away from that folder as far as possible. Vista has the same problem by the way, and obviously the same solutions. Cheers Joris -- Joris Meys Statistical consultant Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Department of Applied mathematics, biometrics and process control tel : +32 9 264 59 87 joris.m...@ugent.be ------------------------------- Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
