cannot set working directory - why?

[LouiseBerlin]

Hi,

please forgive me if I'm asking in the wrong place; I'm completely new to R; it's only Day2; I've been trying and searching for hours and hours and cannot figure it out. I would really like to move on in my swirl course.

I'm stuck trying to set the working directory:

setwd("testdir")
error in setwd("testdir") : cannot change working directory

• I read elsewhere that I might be lacking admin rights - I'm using my work laptop; how can I find out my admin rights? What else can I try, or what else can I look for? Grateful for any leads, thank you in advance!

[z.ageru]

First, open the directory you would like to make working directory. then try the code

or make working directory using file pane.

[LouiseBerlin]

Thank you very much for this quick response; the latter worked and I've learned something new, thank you!