Hm, I'm still confused what file1077236afa8fd is. What does it mean if it's something on the search path? That it's an attached package or R object? Should I be able to see it when running search()?
Running search() I see the following:
> search()
[1] ".GlobalEnv" "tools:rstudio" "package:stats" "package:graphics" "package:grDevices" "package:utils"
[7] "package:datasets" "package:methods" "Autoloads" "package:base"
Running searchpaths():
> searchpaths()
[1] ".GlobalEnv"
[2] "tools:rstudio"
[3] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/library/stats"
[4] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/library/graphics"
[5] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/library/grDevices"
[6] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/library/utils"
[7] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/library/datasets"
[8] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/library/methods"
[9] "Autoloads"
[10] "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/base"
For whatever it's worth, I never use attach() and I took the screenshot after restarting the R session.