Re: st: Stata 11 64-bit no longer runs my profile.do automatically

[John LeBlanc <leblancj@dal.ca>]

Thanks Jeff & Gary,

Here's what I discovered. I had to modify the registry manually instead 
of using tools available prior to Windows 7. as well, I had to modify a 
this key, which differs from the .dta one:

Key: My 
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Stata-64.exe\shell\open\command
Value: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Stats\Stata\Stata-64.exe" do "C:\Program 
Files (x86)\Stats\Stata\john\profile.do" "%1"

As far as I can see the old system of modifying the "open" action of the 
.dta extension no longer works in Windows 7 64-bit as it did in previous 
versions. as well, Microssoft removed the native editing of this. One 
must use a third party program such as Nirsoft's FileTypesMan.

Anyway, works now though it took some doing. Jeff, I'd be curious to 
know which registry key you had to edit.

John


On 2011.02.02 5:16 PM, Jeph Herrin wrote:
> My syntax is the same as yours, same platform, and it works fine
> (ignore wrapping):
>
> "C:\Program Files (x86)\Stata11\StataMP-64.exe"
>                        do d:\files\bin\profile.do "%1"
>
> On 2/2/2011 12:29 PM, John LeBlanc wrote:
> > For years, I have been able to double-click on a Stata data file, have
> > it automatically open in Stata, have Stata open in the folder where the
> > .dta file resides, and run my profile.do file that contains all of my
> > customizations. This worked up until version 9.2 32-bit running in
> > Windows 7 64-bit professional. I modified the "open" command for the
> > file type .DTA as follows:
> >
> > This works with Stata 9.2 on Windows 7
> > C:\Progra~2\STATS\STATA\wstata.exe do
> > c:\progra~2\stats\stata\john\profile.do "%1"
> >
> > This does not work with Stata 11 64-bit on Windows 7
> > Action for 'Open' under filetype .dta
> > "C:\Program Files (x86)\Stats\Stata\Stata-64.exe" do
> > c:\progra~2\stats\stata\john\profile.do "%1"
> >
> >
> > Is this stored in a different location on the registry? has something
> > else changed?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards, John
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