Rstudio Desktop does not launch at all

I would greatly appreciate help with the following problem: My Rstudio on Windows 7 does not launch, I downloaded the latest version from the original website for the first time today. The field is plain white and returns an error message. I attempted to reinstall it 3 times. Attempted to delete start up files, did not work.

Error Information:

R.dll file missing

RStudio Diagnostics Report

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Generated: Fri Jan 22 16:54:02 2021

RStudio Version

1.4.1103

Session Information

R version 4.0.3 (2020-10-10)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows Vista x64 (build 6000)

Matrix products: default

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=Russian_Russia.1251 LC_CTYPE=Russian_Russia.1251
[3] LC_MONETARY=Russian_Russia.1251 LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=Russian_Russia.1251

attached base packages:
[1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_4.0.3 tools_4.0.3

System Information

sysname : Windows
release : Vista x64
version : build 6000
nodename : KATE-PC
machine : x86-64
login : Kate
user : Kate
effective_user : Kate

Platform Information

OS.type : windows
file.sep : /
dynlib.ext : .dll
GUI : Rgui
endian : little
pkgType : win.binary
path.sep : ;
r_arch : x64

Environment Variables

__COMPAT_LAYER : VistaRTM
ALLUSERSPROFILE : C:\ProgramData
APPDATA : C:\Users\Kate\AppData\Roaming
CLICOLOR_FORCE : 1
CommonProgramFiles : C:\Program Files\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles(x86) : C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramW6432 : C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME : KATE-PC
ComSpec : C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK : *** redacted ***
GFORTRAN_STDERR_UNIT : -1
GFORTRAN_STDOUT_UNIT : -1
HOME : C:\Users\Kate\Documents
HOMEDRIVE : C:
HOMEPATH : \Users\Kate
LOCALAPPDATA : C:\Users\Kate\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER : \KATE-PC
MSYS2_ENV_CONV_EXCL : R_ARCH
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS : 2
OS : Windows_NT
PATH : C:\Program Files\R\R-4.0.3\bin\x64;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
PATHEXT : .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE : AMD64
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER : Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL : 6
PROCESSOR_REVISION : 170a
ProgramData : C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles : C:\Program Files
ProgramFiles(x86) : C:\Program Files (x86)
ProgramW6432 : C:\Program Files
PROMPT : $P$G
PSModulePath : C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
PUBLIC : C:\Users\Public
QT_D3DCREATE_MULTITHREADED : 1
R_ARCH : /x64
R_COMPILED_BY : gcc 8.3.0
R_DOC_DIR : C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-40~1.3/doc
R_HOME : C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-40~1.3
R_LIBS_USER : C:/Users/Kate/Documents/R/win-library/4.0
R_USER : C:/Users/Kate/Documents
RMARKDOWN_MATHJAX_PATH : C:/Program Files/RStudio/resources/mathjax-27
RS_LOCAL_PEER : \.\pipe\42878-rsession
RS_RPOSTBACK_PATH : C:/Program Files/RStudio/bin/rpostback
RS_SHARED_SECRET : *** redacted ***
RSTUDIO : 1
RSTUDIO_CONSOLE_COLOR : 256
RSTUDIO_CONSOLE_WIDTH : 80
RSTUDIO_MSYS_SSH : C:/Program Files/RStudio/bin/msys-ssh-1000-18
RSTUDIO_PANDOC : C:/Program Files/RStudio/bin/pandoc
RSTUDIO_PROGRAM_MODE : desktop
RSTUDIO_SESSION_PORT : 42878
RSTUDIO_USER_IDENTITY : Kate
RSTUDIO_WINUTILS : C:/Program Files/RStudio/bin/winutils
SESSIONNAME : Console
SystemDrive : C:
SystemRoot : C:\Windows
TEMP : C:\Users\Kate\AppData\Local\Temp
TERM : xterm-256color
TMP : C:\Users\Kate\AppData\Local\Temp
USERDOMAIN : Kate-PC
USERNAME : *** redacted ***
USERPROFILE : C:\Users\Kate
windir : C:\Windows
windows_tracing_flags : 3
windows_tracing_logfile : C:\BVTBin\Tests\installpackage\csilogfile.log

R Version

platform : x86_64-w64-mingw32
arch : x86_64
os : mingw32
system : x86_64, mingw32
status :
major : 4
minor : 0.3
year : 2020
month : 10
day : 10
svn rev : 79318
language : R
version.string : R version 4.0.3 (2020-10-10)
nickname : Bunny-Wunnies Freak Out

R Home

C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-40~1.3

R Search Path

.GlobalEnv
tools:rstudio
package:stats
package:graphics
package:grDevices
package:utils
package:datasets
package:methods
Autoloads
package:base

R Library Paths

C:/Users/Kate/Documents/R/win-library/4.0
C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.3/library

Loaded Packages

base : C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-40~1.3/library/base
compiler : C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.3/library/compiler
datasets : C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.3/library/datasets
graphics : C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.3/library/graphics
grDevices : C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.3/library/grDevices
methods : C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.3/library/methods
stats : C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.3/library/stats
tools : C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.3/library/tools
utils : C:/Program Files/R/R-4.0.3/library/utils

Installed Packages

Hi,

Welcome to the RStudio community!

Looking at the report, it seems that your machine is running Windows Vista and not 7 ... RStudio desktop is made for Windows 7/8/10, so I think this might be the issue.

Please confirm if you have Windows Vista, and if so, I thinks it's time you upgrade your machine to Windows 10 :slight_smile: If your PC can handle it, you should be able to do that for free

Hope this helps,
PJ

Dear PJ

Thank you for your quick response.
Actually I have just double checked, I have Windows 7. So I still don't have a clue about what could possibly be the issue.

Thanks again,
Olesya.

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I saw the code, I guess it says Vista as this computer initially had this operating system when I got it. I checked under Control Panel-System features and it's stated that it's Windows 7 now.

Hi,

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that's where my knowledge in interpreting this error ends :expressionless:
Hopefully another member on here can help you with this...

Let me know if you don't get a response soon

PJ

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