Re: st: SOS:Updating the Executable

[Ernest Berkhout <ernestb@seo.fee.uva.nl>]

At 13:25 10-12-2003, you wrote:
> I am using Stata7 with window XP home edition. I have problem copying 
> wstata.exe to the wstata.old,
> and that is because it seems impossible to create wstata.old. Also it I 
> failed to copy stata.bin to wstata.exe even when I decided
> to ignore step 3. I tried to move file, copy, rename and all that but in 
> vail. Is there something I am missing?
This sounds not like a Stata problem but more like a windows-problem that 
might be fixed as follows:

In the windows explorer, you probably have the default option turned on 
that says "Hide file extensions for known file types". In my Windows2000 
this option is available through the menu-item -Tools/Folder options- and 
then look at the tab -View- .
Now turn off the 'hide known file extensions- and then try again.
That should work. If it doesn't you might need to ask your system 
administrator to help you out. The heart of your problem namely is in 
Windows XP, not in Stata 7.


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