RStudio empty on startup - No windows, no menus, no rendering

Renaming the RStudio state by renaming %localappdata%\RStudio-Desktop did not work for me. However i made it work by renaming another config folder in %appdata% instead.

• Close RStudio
• Go to this directory: %appdata%\RStudio
• Rename the folder
• Restart RStudio

I faced the same issue when I downgraded my version of R. I did try the above solutions. However, it didn't work for me.

After some googling, I found out that the issue was because now I had a different version of R installed. Here's how you can choose the version of R and rectify the issue.

• Navigate to the RStudio installation folder. (C:\Program Files\RStudio\bin)
• Press and hold Control Key
• Double click on rstudio.exe
• Choose a specific version of R (whichever you want to work with)

Click OK and RStudio should open without any issues.

NB: I use 64bit Windows 8.1.

I had the same issue and I almost gave up about solving it but then I found a suggestion that GitHub might be the problem. I am not sure how that is happening but the minute I uninstalled GitHub and re-launched Rstudio, it worked perfectly as nothing happened!? Here is the link for where I found the suggestion on Rstudio community page: (https://support.rstudio.com/hc/communities/public/questions/200983187-R-studio-0-98-797-for-mac-opens-as-blank-white-page)

Reset the RStudio state. Do this:

• Close RStudio if open.
• Go to this directory: %localappdata%\RStudio-Desktop
• Rename that directory as a type of backup.
• Start RStudio.

RStudio will see the configuration directory is missing and regenerate it with correct values.

Everything should work after that.

Other threads I found helpful here are:

• https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200534577-Resetting-RStudio-s-State
• https://support.rstudio.com/hc/communities/public/questions/200666647-RStudio-096-16-Windows-7-gives-empty-screen?locale=en-us

Thanks!