How to have multiple windows in R

Question

I use R on my university computer. When I draw something, the plot appears in the same window, on top of my console window.

Here is a screenshot of the problem (from Windows):

How can I tell R to open the chart in a separate window?

I can not change the system files.

System Information:

• R verson 3.0.1 (2013-05-16)
• Platform: i386-w64-mingw32 / i386 (32-bit))

Answer 1

?dev.new look ?dev.new :

 plot(1:10) dev.new() plot(1:10) 

EDIT: If you are using standard Rgui, you might want to choose the SDI (Single Document Interface) layout. You should go to Edit->GUI preferences and select SDI instead of MDI . Then click Save and OK and restart Rgui.