David, See the message of Duncan Murdoch to another user which I have pasted next:
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:56:29 -0700, "Brett Melbourne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Alain, >I'm sure you'll find that the Windows critical update KB835732 has been >installed on your machine. This is most likely the problem, not SPSS. I put up a little web page http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/HOMEPATH.html describing this bug in KB835732. Can you let me know if your experience with it matches my description? For newcomers reading this, the symptoms are that R fails to start. In version 1.9.0 the error message is usually "Fatal Error: INVALID HOMEDRIVE". The patched version of 1.9.0 can deal with the bug; the workaround in earlier ones is to put something like "R_USER=c:/" on the command line that starts R. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ [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 -----Original Message----- From: Bickel, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] Installation on Windows XP R never gave me any serious problems until I tried to use it on Windows XP. I had 1.8.1 installed and working successfully for a few weeks. This morning when I launched it, I received this error message: "R for Windows GUI front-end has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." I downloaded 1.9.0 and installed it, but when I launch it, I get this message: "Fatal error: Invalid HOMEDRIVE." I would appreciate any assistance. -Dave ______________________________ David Bickel http://davidbickel.com This communication is for use by the intended recipient and ...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [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