Hi Uwe, This is what the log says when neither homedrive or homepath are set manually. This is after R has failed to start (I don't know if that's important). Hope that helps. Let me know if there's any other info I can gather.
Brett C:\WINDOWS\system32>set ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne\Application Data CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files COMPUTERNAME=CAVIAR ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe HOMEDRIVE=C: HOMESHARE=\\desnet\melbourne include=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\atl\include;C:\Program Fil es\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual St udio\VC98\include lib=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\lib;C:\Program Files\Micro soft Visual Studio\VC98\lib LOGONSERVER=\\CAYENNE MSDevDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98 NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1 OS=Windows_NT Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRAM FILES\TH INKPAD\UTILITIES;C:\Program Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories\;C:\ Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visu al Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSD ev98\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools;C:\Program Files\ Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\INSIGH~1\splus61\cmd PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4, GenuineIntel PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15 PROCESSOR_REVISION=0204 ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files PROMPT=$P$G SESSIONNAME=Console SystemDrive=C: SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp USERDNSDOMAIN=DES.UCDAVIS.EDU USERDOMAIN=DES USERNAME=melbourne USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne windir=C:\WINDOWS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uwe Ligges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brett Melbourne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Duncan Murdoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Prof Brian Ripley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "David Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:44 PM Subject: Re: [R] Error with 1.9.0 - Invalid HOMEDRIVE > Brett Melbourne wrote: > > Some more diagnostic information on this problem related to Windows > > critical updates. > > > > I am running R 1.8.1 and 1.9.0 under Windows XP Pro, on a laptop, which is > > networked at work but frequently used off the network. R starts properly > > sometimes, when attached to the network, but never when disconnected and > > logged on to the same (networked) user profile. R does however, always start > > properly on a non-network profile local to my machine. > > > > I have all the critical Windows XP updates installed, so later updates did > > not fix the problem. > > > > On failing to start 1.8.1, entering debug gives the message "Unhandled > > exception in Rgui.exe (MSVCRT.DLL):0xC0000005:Access Violation" > > > > The following observations apply to both 1.8.1 and 1.9.0: > > > > Setting HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH does not fix the problem (see SET dump > > appended to end of message). > > Rebooting in safe mode (with networking) does not fix the problem. > > Rebooting in safe mode (without networking) does fix the problem but in that > > case I am running on a non-network profile local to the machine, which > > always works anyway. So the problem appears to be related to networking. > > > > I can confirm that the offending update is KB835732. Incidentally, this > > uninstalls with the message "Setup detected programs on your computer: R for > > Windows 1.8.1. If KB835732 is removed, these programs might not run > > properly". So, the update appears to be aware of an interaction with R > > 1.8.1. > > > > Both R 1.9.0 and R 1.8.1 run properly after uninstalling the offending > > update. > > > > I will install r-patched tomorrow at work and let you know what happens. > > > > cheers > > Brett > > > > Brett Melbourne, Postdoctoral Fellow > > Center for Population Biology > > University of California Davis CA 95616 > > > > > > SET dump: environment when R fails: HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH set explicitly. > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32>SET > > ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users > > APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne\Application Data > > CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files > > COMPUTERNAME=CAVIAR > > ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe > > HOMEDRIVE=C: > > HOMEPATH = C: > > > That's wrong. Please set it to a sensible HOMEPATH, e.g. simply > SET HOMEPATH=\ > or > SET HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\melbourne > > More interesting: What does the log say when you have not set HOMEPATH > before??? > > Uwe Ligges > > > > > > HOMESHARE=\\desnet\melbourne > > include=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\atl\include;C:\Program > > Fil > > es\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft > > Visual St > > udio\VC98\include > > lib=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\lib;C:\Program > > Files\Micro > > soft Visual Studio\VC98\lib > > LOGONSERVER=\\CAYENNE > > MSDevDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98 > > NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1 > > OS=Windows_NT > > Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRAM > > FILES\TH > > INKPAD\UTILITIES;C:\Program > > Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories\;C:\ > > Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Microsoft > > Visu > > al Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual > > Studio\Common\MSD > > ev98\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools;C:\Program > > Files\ > > Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\INSIGH~1\splus61\cmd > > PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH > > PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 > > PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4, GenuineIntel > > PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15 > > PROCESSOR_REVISION=0204 > > ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files > > PROMPT=$P$G > > SESSIONNAME=Console > > SystemDrive=C: > > SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS > > TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp > > TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp > > USERDNSDOMAIN=DES.UCDAVIS.EDU > > USERDOMAIN=DES > > USERNAME=melbourne > > USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne > > windir=C:\WINDOWS > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html