If you right click the file icon of any of the RData files in Windows Explorer, the click Open With, and then Browse and Choose the R executable file icon in the R folder under Program Files (and make sure "Always Use This Program" is chosen), then you should be able to get the default back.
Tim Liao Professor of Sociology & Statistics University of Illinois ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:24:27 -0500 >From: "Richard Valliant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [R] lost association for .RData files >To: <[email protected]> > >Somehow I have lost the correct file association for .RData files. They >are now associated with a text file editor. When I right click on any >.RData file and try to change the association, R is not listed as a >choice of program. I browse to c:\Program Files\R\rw2001 \bin\Rgui.exe >and select that file to open .RData, but Windows does not then place >Rgui.exe in the list of programs to use. I can open any .RData file by >dragging it onto the R desktop icon, but cannot double- click any .RData >file to open it. > >This problem has persisted through several uninstalls of old versions >and upgrades to new versions of R. I found no mention of the problem in >the mail archives. > >Windows XP >R 2.0.1 > >Thanks, >Richard Valliant > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >[email protected] mailing list >https://stat.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://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
