is there a way to get Stata to look for the ado file somewhere else (i.e.
in a folder in which the user has writing privileges)? i've come up
against this issue myself.
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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Katarina Lynch wrote:
>
> >This might also be an issue of what access rights she has to her machine.
> >In public clusters, I can't >update Stata or download ado files because I
> >don't have write access to the C: drive (which >makes sense in a public
> >cluster - you don't want people zapping the machines). Hopefully she can
> > >get write access to the directory, but she might need to talk to a
> >network administrator about >this.
>
> Richard,
>
> that's the case! I am using PC in public access. Last time I contacted the
> administrator to install another new command, seemed like he installed it,
> but stata still did not recognize it:-/
>
> I am afraid this time it will be the same story and it just wastes a lot of
> time, that's why I thought may be there could be other ways out. I will try
> to contact him again. In case it won't work, what should I do?
>
> Thank you, guys, a lot!
>
> Kate
>
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