I'm assuming a Windows environment. If you have 'administrator' rights to the server directory where Stata is installed, you can also manually rename 'wsestata.exe' (or the relevant alternative such as wmpstata.exe, etc.) to 'wsestata.exe.old' and rename 'wsestata.bin' (which should have been downloaded after an update _all) to 'wsestata.exe'.
I found that this often succeeds when -update swap- fails as you describe (don't ask me why).
Philippe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:23 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: RE: question about histograms
>
> It is unclear what the precise problem is. This kind of question is
> usually best sorted out directly with Stata tech support. On the face
> of
> it you need an -update- to Stata at server level which can only be
> undertaken by those with the requisite permissions, who are most
> unlikely to be undergraduate users.
>
> By the way, you replied to a entire daily digest without deleting
> it....
>
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Katie Vigilante
>
> my students are using stata 10.0; we are launching stata through the
> university server. unfortunately, many of the students are having
> trouble using the histogram command through the graphics pull down
> menu; it works fine on my desktop with a hard version of stata
> installed.
>
> They continue to get an awkward result....the instruction I founf for
> this sort of issue were "update swap" but when I have them try this,
> the result is that the program fails to engage because it is being
> used by another user. I shut down the system and started over to no
> avail.
>
> it's very frustrating to me and the students and i really wish I could
> help them. any suggestions?
>
>
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