One thing to note is that by default R will want somewhere to store any libraries you download. Just as a matter of style I always try and detach libraries from the core. The default on Windows is something along the lines of
I prefer to have my code and any supporting libraries on a different drive, so will create a folder called:
D:\Users\myname\Code\R
Where I will setwd() a new folder per project
I move the C:\...\library folder to D:\Users\myname\Code\R\library and then create a symbolic link (junction) to fool the application into believing everything is in the right place:
C:\Program Files\R\R-3.1.1\library
or
C:\Program Files\RRO\R-3.1.2\library
or
C:\Program Files\RRO\R-3.1.2\library
I prefer to have my code and any supporting libraries on a different drive, so will create a folder called:
D:\Users\myname\Code\R
Where I will setwd() a new folder per project
I move the C:\...\library folder to D:\Users\myname\Code\R\library and then create a symbolic link (junction) to fool the application into believing everything is in the right place:
So from a command prompt I execute
C:\>mklink /J "C:\Program Files\R\R-3.1.1\library" "D:\Users\myname\Code\R\library"
The command prompt should return
Junction created for C:\Program Files\R\R-3.1.1\library <<===>> D:\Users\myname\Code\R\library
The command prompt should return
Junction created for C:\Program Files\R\R-3.1.1\library <<===>> D:\Users\myname\Code\R\library
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