RStudio not executing code

RStudio IDE
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I am running RStudio Desktop 2025.05.1+513 and R 4.5.0 on a Dell Precision 7780 (13th Gen Intel Core i9-13950HX; 64GB RAM).

RStudio takes a long time opening with the splash screen up for an extended period of time (basically until I manually open the RStudio window). Once open, RStudio seems fine and I am able to navigate around and type. I am NOT able to open a new blank script. I am NOT able to execute any R code. The R console startup message appears fine and I am able to submit code to the console for execution from my script (or even submit directly through the console) and the code appears in the console, but that's it. It stalls. The code does not run, no matter how simple (like 1+1). There is NO stop sign, NO ">". I am able to submit new code to the console and it appears, but still just stalled.

I switched to VSCode and I am able to open and run my R scripts normally without issue.

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I suggest resetting RStudio's state first and see if that causes it to sober up. If not, try going to Help > Diagnostics and poking around the various options to see if you turn up anything suspicious.

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Thanks for the suggestion! I tried deleting the RStudio folder in my local appdata and it definitely helped a little. I was able to open new scripts and execute some code, but its still stalling. It helped for a few minutes but now it's back to the same problem.

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Here are a couple more questions (plus a reminder to check the diagnostic stuff). First, are you using a networked drive, or is everything local to your PC? Second, does your system monitor show abnormal CPU or memory usage when RStudio, as you put it, "stalls"?