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Old 09-15-2007   #9 (permalink)
kate


 
 

Re: "run as administrator" option greyed out- please help!

On Sep 15, 5:05 pm, "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arn...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> "kate" <kategrind...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> news:1189886485.513934.77490@xxxxxx
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> > On Sep 15, 3:48 pm, "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arn...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> > They say to get around the problem you must right-click on the Stata
> >> > executable in the Stata install directory and select "Run as
> >> > Administrator" from the right-click menu to open Stata. But as I
> >> > mentioned, I cannot run as administrator.
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> >> You may be able to create a short-cut for the install exe and go to
> >> Properties on the the short-cut and do Run As Administrator.
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> >> Have you tried that?
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> > How do I do that?
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> If the install exe is on the hard drive, then you right-click the exe and do
> a Create Short Cut, which should put the short-cut in the same folder as the
> exe or do a Send To and Send the Short-cut to the Desktop. In either case,
> you should see the Run As Admin with you right-click the short-cut. You
> should also be able to see the Advanced button too off of Properties. Well,
> that's the way it works on my Vista. ;-)
Hi,

Thanks so very much for all your help. I don't think that I have the
install exe on my hard drive- I am installing the program from a CD.
Do you know how to get the install exe on the hard drive?


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