Can't install fre, estout etc. because of the letter "Å" in my name

[Emma Jensen]

Hi, please help out a Stata-noob!

Whenever I try to type in "ssc install fre", "ssc install estout" etc. Stata responds with "cannot write in directory C:\Users\Emma Damg�rd Jensen\ado\plus\f". I've been told that it's the "å" in my middle name that causes the trouble, but I don't know how to fix the problem. I'm not very hi-tech myself.. Does anyone know what to do?

[Jared Greathouse]

Emma Jensen is it possible to just change your directory to the normal a? Like just rename that part of the file path on your computer?

[Andrew Musau]

It is more likely the Space between Emma and Damgård, so rename the folder

EmmaDamgård

or

Emma_Damgård

[Jared Greathouse]

Andrew Musau Yeah that would've been my second guess. Stata can be funny about spaces and sometimes atypical characters, so my money's on either of those.

The other option I guess would be modifying the path in the command to have quotes around it so Stata doesn't mind the string.

[Richard Williams]

Accidental Duplicate post.

[Richard Williams]

I would be a little nervous about renaming the folder. There will be other subdirectories under it, and something might get zapped if you change the folder name. You might check out

https://www.lifewire.com/change-user...ows-10-5114140

[Emma Jensen]

Thank you so much for the input!

[Richard Williams]

It might be wise to get the folder renamed because the odd name could cause problems with other programs. Why not just use a nice, simple user name like jensen or ejensen? On my computer my user name is rwilliam.

But, you could also just change the location of your ado files, e.g. give a command like

sysdir set PLUS g:\ado\plus"

I often have to use classroom machines I have limited control over, so I put a lot of files on Google Drive (which I can read and write to) and then run a short program that gets all the program locations right. My complete program, which I call gprofile.do, is

* Use this when you want to use Google Drive 

noisily display ""
noisily display "Date & Time: $S_DATE $S_TIME"
noisily display ""

* These commands personalize your Stata directories.
* You need to create these directories first.
* You need to modify this program if G: is not
* the right drive letter for you.
local drive "G:\My Drive"

sysdir set OLDPLACE "`drive'\ado"
sysdir set PERSONAL "`drive'\ado\personal"
sysdir set PLUS "`drive'\ado\plus"

* Anything after this is optional.
* You can add other startup commands below.
* The capture commands will prevent errors in case
* you have already been working with Stata
capture log close _all
capture cmdlog close
capture log using "`drive'\statalogs\mylog.txt", replace text
capture cmdlog using "`drive'\statalogs\mycmd.txt", replace
capture adopath +  "`drive'\statafiles"
noisily adopath