Re: st: Stata 9: first impressions?

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 12:05 PM 5/5/2005 +0200, Massimo Bovenzi wrote:
> Just requested help to Stata for several troubles I had with Stata 9 
> immediately after installation:
> - no whatsnew (i.e. Stata 9 says there is no help for whatsnew);
> - no help for programs installed in ado base or ado updates;
> - error when I type "ssc whatsnew" (i.e. command error for ssc);
> - several programs do not run (e.g. regression, logit, logistic, etc.);
> - driven menu not accessible.
>
> In summary, a despair mainly because I have uninstalled Stata 8 SE that 
> was fantastic.
It does sound like you are off to a bad start, although hopefully an 
atypical one.  Things like system restore points or complete backups are a 
good idea when making major changes to your computer configuration.  I 
can't help much, other than to note that I bet you don't have to uninstall 
Stata 8 first, do you?  I have 8 and 7 installed on my machine with no 
trouble.  I suspect the main problem with installing a buggy 9 is that it 
would be the default Stata when you click on a dta file, but you could 
still use 8 and open files from within it.  Unless you can't do so, I would 
recommend keeping both 8 and 9 installed until you are confident that 9 
works ok; also give 9 a little while to get any major bugs fixed via updates.


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