Re: st: Windows update woes

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

Thanks for the help, Neil. I do not use Windows, so am unsure as to 
what steps need be taken by a user to deal with this update issue. It 
appears to be a very common problem these days.

Kit

On Thursday, Jun 5, 2003, at 10:02 US/Eastern, P.Hua wrote:


> Hi Kit,
>
> Fellowing the mail of Kit, ivendog works!
> Many thanks for the help!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ping
>
> > From: "Neil Shephard" <mdeasnds@fs1.ser.man.ac.uk>
> > Organization: The University of Manchester, UK
> > To: "P.Hua" <P.Hua@u-clermont1.fr>
> > Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 14:36:21 +0100
> > Subject: Re: st: Windows update woes
> > Reply-to: neil.shephard@mindless.com
> > Priority: normal
> > X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c)
> >
> > Hi Ping,
> >
> > You won't find wstata.old unless you've renamed wstata.exe as
> > wstata.old yourself.  If you've done this then you should also have
> > renamed wstata.bin wstata.exe
> >
> > >From the Users manual you need to carry out the following _after_
> > having typed -update executable-
> >
> > 1. Exit Stata
> > 2. In windows explorer go to where you have Stata installed
> > 3. Ensure that you can see the full filename as I described in my
> > previous posting, you want to be able to see the file extensions
> > next to the file names so that when you click on a file with the right
> > mouse button and select rename you can change the .exe or .old
> > or .bin bit of the file.
> > 4. Rename wstata.exe to wstata.old
> > 5. Rename wstata.bin (the updated executable that you have just
> > downloaded) to wstata.exe
> >
> > You should now be able to start Stata and when you type -update
> > executable- you should be told that your executable is already up
> > to date.
> >
> > If your still having problems have a look at here
> >
> > http://www.stata.com/support/updates/
> >
> > and if you can't get it to work then I'd recommend calling Technical
> > Support
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > Neil
> >
> > P.S. - You only need to reply to one of my email addresses as
> > they all get forwarded to the same place, and its general netiquette
> > to respond to the mailing list (although I've broken this rule myself
> > as you messaged me personally)
> >
> >
> >
> > Neil Shephard
> > Genetics Statistician
> > ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester
> > neil.shephard@man.ac.uk
> > neil.shephard@mindless.com
> >
> > "Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it
> > were so it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's
> > logic" - Tweedledee (Alice Through the Looking Glass)
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