st: about opening stata files automatically

["P. Rao Sahib" <p.rao.sahib@rug.nl>]

This is in response to the post from angelofshadow@web.de:
about having STATA open automatically when *dta files are clicked on.

I don't think this is a STATA issue, you may want to try this (pasted
from somewhere on the internet) :
To change which program starts when you double-click a file, follow
these steps:
   1. Open Windows Explorer by right-clicking the Start button, and
      then click Explore.
   2. Click a folder that contains a file of the type that you want
      Windows to open in a program that you select.
   3. Right-click the file and, depending on the programs installed on
      your computer, complete one of the following steps:
           Click Open With to choose the program that you want.
           Point to Open With, and then click Choose Program to
            choose the program that you want.
   4. The Open With dialog box is displayed. Use one of the following
      methods to select the program that you want to use for this file
      type:
           In the Programs list, click the program that you want to use.
           Click Browse, locate and then click the program that you
            want to use, and then click Open.
   5. Click to select the Always use the selected program to open this
      kind of file check box if it is not selected.
   6. Click OK.
      Note From now on, Windows XP will open all files that have this
      file name extension in the program that you selected. To change
      this, you must follow these steps again and associate a different
      program with this file name extension.

Hope this helps,
Padma Rao Sahib

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