Weird - because I was successful in doing it as I was installing earlier R
versions and moved from an earlier version to a newer version. Never had
any problems with making permanent changes to file associations in any
other programs either.
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 13-04-25 8:33 AM, Dimitri Liakhovitski wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I have Windows 7 Enterprise and two versions of R installed: 2.15.3 and
>> 3.0.0.
>> Before I had R 3.0 I made it a setting that all .RData files - when I
>> double-click on them - were opened by R 2.15.3.
>> Now I want them to be opened by R 3.0 instead of R 2.15.3 (but I don't
>> want
>> to remove R 2.15.3. yet).
>>
>> I right-click on some .RData file, select "Open with" - "Choose default
>> program" and then click on "Browse".
>>
>> I browse to the folder where my R 3.0 is installed, then to the folder
>> "bin", then to the folder "x64" and select "Rgui.exe".
>> However, when R opens - or after I shut R down and then double-click on
>> some .RData file and R opens, it is again R 2.15.3, not R3.0.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Of course, when I open R 3.0 directly, then it opens no problem.
>>
>
> This is really a question about Windows 7, not about R, but I would guess
> you aren't telling it to make your choice permanent, or perhaps you are not
> allowed by your administrator to make permanent changes to file
> associations. You should ask for local help.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>
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Dimitri Liakhovitski
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