Re: st: AW: double-click on dta file does not work

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

Interesting, I have the same problem - Stata files have
Acrobat icons. This is Stata 11. However, I decided to
live with it, since I couldnt fix it without uninstalling.


ranjit b wrote:
> well, multiple times was, admittedly, a hyperbole. In my initial
> install, Stata files had the wrong icons ( acrobat pdf icons), and I
> could not, for some reason, assign the correct icons to the files by
> hand.
>
>
> Best
>
> 2009/8/23 Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>:
> > <>
> >
> > " I had previously installed and unistalled Stata multiple times to fix
> > another issue"
> >
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, having never uninstalled Stata for any reason, which
> > "issue" required you to uninstall "mulitple times"?
> >
> >
> > HTH
> > Martin
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von ranjit b
> > Gesendet: Sonntag, 23. August 2009 18:13
> > An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Betreff: Re: st: AW: double-click on dta file does not work
> >
> > Thank you, Martin, for the link. It helped me solving the problem. If
> > anyone has a similar issue, here is what I did:
> >
> > I checked the registry and found that the Stata file associations were
> > indeed incorrect (presumably because I had previously installed and
> > unistalled Stata multiple times to fix another issue). So, I
> > uninstalled Stata again. Then, I used CCleaner
> > (http://www.ccleaner.com/) to clean up the registry (the default
> > uninstaller does not remove the registry entries when uninstalling
> > Stata!). After rebooting, I updated Stata. AFTER the update,
> > double-clicking worked again.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > R.
> >
> >
> >
> > 2009/8/22 Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>:
> > > <>
> > >
> > > http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2007-12/msg00242.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > HTH
> > > Martin
> > >
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von ranjit b
> > > Gesendet: Samstag, 22. August 2009 22:33
> > > An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > > Betreff: st: double-click on dta file does not work
> > >
> > > Sorry for the potential repost. Have sent the email accidentally in html.
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > > I have Stata 10 installed on my Vista machine. When i click on a .dta
> > > file, Stata does not open the file. Instead, Stata gives the following
> > > error message:
> > > "unrecognized command: "C:\Users\ invalid command name
> > > (I can open .dta file without any problems from within Stata through
> > > the "open file" dialog).
> > > I have had no such problems on my previous computer, which was an XP
> > > machine, so I guess that this is a Vista issue.
> > > Does anyone have a solution?
> > > I am really grateful for any help.
> > > Best,
> > > R.
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