RStudio does not work ...on opening it, high-level menu options shown with grey screen, and nothing works

[SNS]

I can't get even "About RStudio" under Help to display anything.

I tried the suggestions to reset RStudio's state, as well as to choose software rendering (as opposed to hardware). Neither of these fixed the problem.

What can I do? I have installed the latest version of R after uninstalling an older version. I also uninstalled RStudio and reinstalled it.
I am on Windows 10.
Update: I tried running R outside RStudio...it starts ok, but immediately becomes unresponsive. It is a fresh installation of 4.2.

[andresrcs]

Try white listing R and RStudio in your Windows Security settings, or any other security software you have running in your system.

[SNS]

If this means adding R to the allowed apps in Windows Defender settings, I have done it, but I still cannot run R. At this point I have uninstalled RStudio, and am trying to get R to run on its own, as that seems to be where the problem is. (Once I get it working, will install RStudio and see if that works)

What else can I do?

[SNS]

I have R version 4.2.2 working fine on its own, both on console and GUI.

I then installed RStudio, but it displays a blank screen. What could be wrong?

[GaryR]

Hi, what version of RStudio are you trying, and what operating system?

[SNS]

RStudio version is the most recent one RStudio-2022.07.2-576 that I downloaded, and I am on Windows 10

[Linner]

I have exactly the same problem. Just today installed new version of RStudio on windows. R is running fine though.

[SNS]

Please can someone from RStudio /Posit help? Very keen to get this resolved asap!

[SNS]

I uninstalled and reinstalled from RStudio-2022.12.0-353.exe and this time, I do not even see the menu options!

Is there anyone from RStudio that can help?

[Pierre_Mangeol]

I have the exact same problem. First time this happens to me.

The solution I found was to install the previous version.

I guess the latest needs some bug fix.

[SNS]

Pierre,
I had earlier installed 2022.07.2-576 and that had given me problems as well. Was it this version that worked for you?

[Pierre_Mangeol]

Yes indeed, this version worked for me. Maybe you would need to try an earlier one? I hope posit people can help you there.

[SNS]

Just wanted to say my problem is resolved. Some memory intensive code from a few months ago was causing the RSession to occupy a lot of memory, and RStudio was taking forever to load.
(I still do not understand is how the workspace contained anything even after RStudio and R had both been completely uninstalled, more than once.)