Re: [R] Cannot use R on Windows when installed to an external drive with a space in the path

> > On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 at 14:47, Tomas Kalibera > wrote: > >> Dear Marc, >> >> this is probably because short file names are disabled on that external >> drive. R needs short file names to be enabled on the drive where it is >> installed - please c

[R] Cannot use R on Windows when installed to an external drive with a space in the path

Hi all, This is my second time posting this, I accidentally sent the first email without the proper subject header. Hopefully this won't create any noise and a moderator can dismiss the first one. I'm considering filing this as a bug report but wanted to make sure first that I'm not doing somethi

[R] Cannot use R on Windows when installed to an external drive with a space in the path

Hi all, I'm considering filing this as a bug report but wanted to make sure first that I'm not doing something wrong. A piece of software which I develop installs R as part of its dependencies. This normally works perfectly fine. However we noticed a bug when installing to external drives on a pa

[R] Can I safely use an installed R folder in a portable manner?

Hi there, I'm currently using R on Windows as part of a piece of software and when I'm providing it to users I have an application that runs the R installation file with an INF file containing the following settings as to not disrupt existing installs of R on their system. [Setup] Lang=en Dir=.\R