file C:\WINDOWS\System32\new.log could not be opened

[Guest]

I am trying to replicate some Stata codes.

But, this message appeared.

file C:\WINDOWS\System32\new.log could not be opened


I found there is no file which named new.log in System32.

What can I do for solving this error?

[Nick Cox]

Perhaps you do not have write permission for that direction. It's not a good place to store your own Stata files on a Windows PC any way.

[Daniel Bela]

Hi Guest,

you don't show us the code you're trying to run, so any help beyond Nick Cox's reply is guesswork.

My guess is: The code you re-use contains something like

log using "new.log" , replace

The original author executed this code in a working directory of his/her choice, but you execute it in the working directory your Stata starts with (which, then, seems to be Windows' System32 directory).

Try to manually

cd "C:/Users/<your username>/Desktop"

first. Or create an empty directory somewhere and cd into that.

Regards
Bela

[Guest]

Thank you so much Nick Cox and Daniel Bela.
I have solved my problem by recreate directory in Desktop folder.

Thank you for your kind responses to silly question. lol