Chapter 1-1.

Installing Stata and Recovering Stata Windows

These instructions assume you are installing the Stata/IC flavor of Stata. If you purchased a different flavor, then replace Stata/IC with Stata/MP, or whatever flavor you purchased, in the instructions below. Installing Stata uring the installation you will be as!ed" #ull $ame" % use your own name & 'rgani(ation" % use your orgni(ation name & Stata flavor" % e.g., Stata/IC & do not )ust ta!e the default*the distribution C fre+uently is not set to the correct default*ma!e sure you !now which ,flavor- you have a license for. otherwise, you will have to reinstall all over again. There is really only one Stata, as far as the statistical routines go. The ,flavor- is simply some performance limits, such as the number of variables you can use or how fast it runs. The ,intercooled- flavor, or ,Stata/IC-, will wor! )ust fine for probably any dataset you have. /fter the software is installed, you can see what the limits of the various flavors are by running the following command in the command window"
help limits

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Adding an Icon to the Desktop (Windows Operating Syste ! The installation process does not create an icon on the des!top. To do that yourself, use Start %: lower left corner of computer screen Programs Stata12 StataIC 12 right clic! on mouse create shortcut drag ,StataIC 12529- to des!top right clic! on this icon rename bac!space to delete ,529-, or leave it li!e that if you li!e hit the enter !ey to e;it renamethe rename step R"n Stata to #inish Set"p The first time you run Stata, you will be as!ed some more +uestions to finish the setup. $ote #or 3indows <ista =sers$ #or 3indows <ista, you must run it the first time as the administrator. otherwise, it cannot create the license file. >ou must run the original e;ecutable file, not the shortcut, which will be in the C:\program files\stata12 directory. #ind the program name, stata12.exe or stataic12.exe, right clic! on it, and select ,run as administrator-. The ,Stata/IC initiali(ation bo;- will appear, as!ing for" $ame" % your name & 'rgani(ation" % your organi(ation & Serial $umber" % use number specific to your license & Code" % use number specific to your license & /uthori(ation" % use number specific to your license & Then you will be as!ed, 3ould you li!e to register Stata now? % >es/%o & >ou should probably answer no to this if you are installing a site license. 'therwise, you go on Stata@s mailing list, receiving a newsletter that you are li!ely not interested in, so why ma!e StataCorp go to the e;pense of sending it to you. 3ould you li!e to enable automatic update chec!ing? % yes & efinitely answer yes to this. This allows bug fi;es and enhancements to be automatically provided to you when you are connected to the internet. Chec! for updates now? % yes, if you are connected to the internet, otherwise no &
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If you answered yes, you will see a screen that says Aecommendation =pdate ado:files and e;ecutable % clic! on this lin! & Type update swap % clic! on this lin!, which causes the current Stata to shut down and the new version of Stata to start up & A'ter Installing Stata( Do the #ollowing )pdate /fter the Stata installation, you can get all of the bug fi;es and latest version by updating the software across the internet. If you did not do this at time of installation, when Stata as!ed if you wanted to do the update, then at some point soon after you should do this"
update all

If for some reason that crashes, doing the update in steps will probably wor! )ust fine" Step 19 be connected to the internet Step 29 in the Command window, run the command
update executable

Step B9 when this finishes, run the command

update swap

Step C9 run the command

update ado

$ote #or 3indows <ista =sers$ #or 3indows <ista, you can perform the ,update e;ecutableonly if you are running Stata as the administrator. >ou must run the original e;ecutable file, not the shortcut, which will be in the C:\program files\stata12 directory. #ind the program name, stata12.exe or stataic12.exe, right clic! on it, and select ,run as administrator-.

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Recovering Windows It is possible that you might mess up your Stata windows, such as one of them no longer shows, or you switch monitors so that part of a window goes off the page and you cannot resi(e it. >ou can get the windows bac! to the state they originally came in when you first installed Stata using the Stata toolbar, #or Stata version 11, use Ddit Preferences Manage Preferences Eoad Preferences #actory Settings #or Stata version 12, use Ddit Preferences Eoad Preference Set Combined Eayout Clic! on F to close the Properties window 5not needed and is distracting9

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