title: How do I view my R workspace saved as file?
body: <p>I saved my workspace, and accidently closed R before my report was finished.</p>
  
  <p>now I need to view and resume my work, and my R workspace is saved as a file. It won't open in R.</p>
  
  <p>I opened the saved workspace in notepad and it shows a bunch of symbols:</p>
  
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  <p>Please help me recover my lost work.
  Appreciate it, thank you.</p>