How to launch Microsoft Edge from R?

Question

I was originally trying to force my shiny apps to launch in Edge

options(browser = "C:/Windows/SystemApps/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/MicrosoftEdge.exe")
runApp(shinyApp(ui, server))

Furthermore, I can't even launch Microsoft Edge from windows command line using this path to the exe, but instead, you have to use this in the command line:

start microsoft-edge:

But then you can't use R's system() to launch edge this way:

> system("start microsoft-edge:")
Warning message:
running command 'start microsoft-edge:' had status 127

Any ideas on how to use Microsoft edge with R?

This may be of your interest: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33646816/r-system-functions-always-returns-error-127 — Ricardo Fernandes Campos, Mar 06 '18 at 01:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '18 at 01:46

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You can get to Edge using

system("cmd.exe", input="start microsoft-edge:")

answered Mar 06 '18 at 01:46

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This could also be written as: `shell("start microsoft-edge:")` – G. Grothendieck Mar 06 '18 at 03:04
`start msedge` also works, I believe this is because `HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\msedge.exe` is within the registry on windows – dog Jul 03 '20 at 19:56

How to launch Microsoft Edge from R?

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