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I'm currently using R via the command line in another software. Apparently, R automatically upgrades it version from time to time resulting in a new installation of R in different location. After that, packages have to be reinstalled and the path to the R executable has to be changed. The software I'm using requires a fixed path to R.

Is there a way to prevent R from updating automatically? I'm running R on Windows 10.

Thanks for your help.

dnns
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    Never heard of R updating automatically on Windows. It requires running an installer with user input unless you have created a different build system, which I doubt. What you usually see on Windows systems are extremely outdated R versions because the user doesn't update. – Roland Mar 13 '19 at 10:17
  • Mh.. thanks for the hint. Do you know of a way to figure out, which user/service might have triggered the installation? I couldn't find any installation logs so far. Happened to me multiple times so far and I don't know why. – dnns Mar 13 '19 at 13:09
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    Are you the system admin? – Roland Mar 13 '19 at 13:25
  • yes, I have administrative rights. – dnns Mar 13 '19 at 15:17
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    But are you the system admin? Or is there someone else updating R? Because I'm telling you it usually doesn't happen automatically. – Roland Mar 14 '19 at 07:23

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