st: RE: Question RE: having Stata 9 and 10 both installed, and opening files by default with Stata 9 (not 10)

["Spiess, Sven Oliver" <mail@svenoliverspiess.net>]

Hi F,


The following should work:

- Click the "Start-menu" and open the "Control Panel"

- Open "Folder Options" and select the "File Types" tab

- Select the file extension in the list (e.g. ".dta") and click on "Advanced"

- Highlight "open" from the Actions list and click "Edit" to the right

- Click "Browse" and double-click "wsestata.exe" FROM YOUR STATA9 FOLDER
(assuming you are using Stata SE)

- Add the following after the location in the "Application used to perform
action:" field:
  [ use "%1"] without the square brackets



Do the similar for the .do files but change [ use "%1"] to [ do "%1"] or [
doedit "%1"], respectively.

Just on a side note, I set the doedit action as the default action (highlight
and click "Set default") so I can open do files in the editor right away without
first having to right-click them and select the appropriate option. IMHO that
saves quite some time, but it can be a hassle if you ever work on a different
machine.


Best regards,
Sven-Oliver Spie�



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of F V
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:05 PM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: Question RE: having Stata 9 and 10 both installed, and opening
> files by default with Stata 9 (not 10)
> 
> I have Stata 9 and 10 installed (Windows XP).
> 
> I prefer to work with Stata 9 for the time being, as
> that is what my coauthors use.
> 
> My question is - how can I force my machine to use
> Stata 9 (not 10) by default when I click into a data
> file and, furthermore, when I right click into a
> do-file so as to edit it?
> 
> Thanks for the tip.
> 
> F
> 
> 
> 
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