Cannot Change the Version of R in RStudio - r

My RStudio (V 0.99.491) is inept to change the R Version.
I act in the ordinary way through Global Options --> R-Version. Afterwards it hangs and doesn't work or react any more. The initial version of R which works fine is R 3.1.0. I have never had such a problem before. Maybe someone has faced with a similar problem.
I tried to uninstall RStudio, and install it again, but this hasn't help to fix the issue.

I have had the same problem. Using my user account RStudio hangs up trying to change the version. All other accounts work fine.
I have located the problem in the folder C:\Users\myaccount\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\ and renamed this folder. After this everything worked fine.
I assume the problem was the file "desktop.ini.lock", because in the new folder RStudio generated, this file is missing.

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R Studio Fatal error: 'R_TempDir'contains space

I tried to download the latest version (4.2.0) of R on my windows computer and received this error message upon trying to open the program. "Fatal error: 'R_TempDir' contains space". Has anyone ever had this issue or have any ideas on how to resolve it? I have tried reinstalling the program and moving where the program is stored but no luck.
I also experienced this issue with 4.2.0 of R on Windows 10 but not prior versions of R.
In my case, the reason was the default temporary file folder was within my user directory and my user ID has a space in it. Apparently this causes an issue.
I was able to work around it by setting the global environment variable TMPDIR in windows:
Go to the search box next to the start button and type "environment"
Click on the choice which says "Edit the system environment variables"
Click the button that says "Environment Variables" near the bottom of the window
Click "New" and enter TMPDIR for variable name and some suitable directory without spaces under variable value (I chose C:\Temp)
As an aside, I do not believe this is an RStudio specific issue (and 4.2.0 isn't a version for RStudio anyway).
Thank you Venk for your post. It didn't work for me, but it pointed me in the direction of a solution that did.
I changed the values of my TEMP and TMP variables to a folder that had no spaces in it or in any folder name in the path (as you note).
I'm working on a Windows 10 machine.
Rob
P.S. My first solution was to revert to an earlier version of R, which initially worked. Recently though, I got the same error, even using a previous version. I'm no expert, but the whole thing is very weird IMO.
Had the same issue, and the other proposed solutions didn't resolve it for me. (R 4.2.2 and Windows 10.)
Solution found here worked for me:
create a file named renviron.site that contains the following text, and save it to the Desktop, using a text-editing program.
TMP=C:/Temp TEMP=C:/Temp TMPDIR=C:/Temp
if a copy already exists, may need to handle that case-by-case
move the file to C:\Program Files\R\R-4.2.x\etc
I wasn't able to save directly to this folder, despite being in the admin account.
I tried the other solutions and none worked. I came across this post that suggested to not install R in the /Program Files/ folder, to instead modify the installation to the folder C:\R\ which worked.
I didn't go back and undo the work done based on previous suggestions, so I'm not sure if they too are needed.

Rstudio opens blank on user but works fine with sudo

I have a new archlinux installation and got rstudio-desktop-bin from AUR, as the project site says to. However, I get a blank screen (as below) when trying to open it. When using
sudo /usr/bin/rstudio-bin
It opens normally. I tried to reset rstudio from this tutorial
https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200534577-Resetting-RStudio-Desktop-s-State
and in this question, the problem was solved changing file permission. Both did not work for me.
What could I do?
Rstudio when opening normally:
I found a suggestion that an update to electron may have caused an issue in the RStudio community forums. By disabling sandboxing, they were able to start RStudio as a user and it worked for me:
/usr/bin/rstudio-bin --no-sandbox
To make more permanent until the problem is resolved you can add a line to your .bashrc (or equivalent in another shell):
export RSTUDIO_CHROMIUM_ARGUMENTS="--no-sandbox"
There is also a suggestion in there about building from a weekly source instead. But this was easier for me so I can't vouch for it.

Rstudio - cannot save files or open Rscripts 'The system cannot find the path specified'

Error when saving Rscripts
Error when opening Rscripts
Hi guys,
Have been stuck on this problem for the past year or so and would really appreciate any help. I am unable to save any Rscripts in Rstudio, as I keep getting the first error above. The one exception is, when running Rstudio with administrative permissions, - when saving into C:/Users, which is apparently the default working directory. I am also able to open Rscripts from C:/Users, but not from anywhere else. When I change my working directory using setwd(), Rstudio accepts the change but I am unable to save or open files in the new directory (or anywhere else).
I have tried fully uninstalling and reinstalling Rstudio and R, as well as adding the folder R and Rstudio are in, and my desired working directory folder into the 'PATH' variable in windows (through 'edit the system environmental variables'). But nothing seems to be working. Have also searched online pretty extensively but haven't managed to find a working solution so far.
I am using the latest 2021.09.1 Build 372 of Rstudio, and R 4.0.4. However, I have also faced the same problem on the last few versions of Rstudio and R over the past year as I have tried to update hoping that it would fix the problem but to no avail. I downloaded R and Rstudio from CRAN and the Rstudio website respectively.
Thanks a lot!
This exact thing happened to me. It turned out for me that when I updated my Window's environment variables, I added an extra slash for my HOME variable. This screwed things up with RStudio.
Search for "Edit the system environment variables" after pressing the Windows button and edit the HOME variable to make sure there is no trailing slash.
Good
C:\Users\leune006
Bad
C:\Users\leune006\
I hope that helps you and whoever else comes across this frustrating "bug"!

Rstuido Crash after changing graphic setting and no will not reopen even after reinstalling

I found that plotly was not working in my version of r studio that I was running through a VDI, I was reading a forum post online and tried changing the rendering engine to 'Desktop OpenGL'. However, during restarting rstudio crashed, and no when I try to reopen it I just get the error 'RStudio has stopped working'.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling both RStudio and R but this has had no effect on the problem.
I have R version 3.5.3 and Rstudio 1.2.1335
Can anyone offer some advice on how to fix this?
For anyone who runs into a similar problem as this, in order to reset the graphics settings, or any settings for that matter, you will need to delete the preferences folder.
On windows find this by via start --> Run and entering the command
%appdata%\RStudio
Once you have deleted this (or moved it somewhere to back it up) you can open RStudio, which will automatically create a new preferences folder.
Full information can be found here

RStudio is slow when loading a project / package in development

I have recently experienced a serious problem with Rstudio when developing a package. Whenever, I open an existing project with Rstudio where versions are controlled with Git, it takes so long for it to respond to any command. It is also impossible to type something in the console (e.g. 1+1) and obtain the result. Even quitting the Rstudio, should be done with task manager. There is no problem when I create a new project / package or when I open directly a R script.
This problem appears both when the project is saved on a dropbox or on a local repository.
To overcome this issue everytime I need to modify my code, I create a new project, and then I move toward the new repository all my current R scripts and the folder ".git".
I would appreciate if anybody could help me with this issue.
I had a similar problem to yours. Changing the attribute of my .git folder into hidden solved my problem.
We recently discovered an issue where projects using git for version control could become laggy / unusable on Windows if the .git folder within the project had become a non-hidden directory.
https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/issues/1918

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