Error using adoupdate

[Richard Stoll]

I am using Stata 16.1 on a Windows 10 machine,,

I just got a new laptop and installed Stata on it.

I moved ado files to the laptop by copying them from my deskstop.

I suspect that I did something wrong with the copy or in setting up the sysdir but I would appreciate your help.

I get the following error message when I try to check and update my ado files (note I include the results of the sysdir command, and my attempt to change the ado files and rerun the command -- as you see I get the same error..). I'm 95% sure this is something simple and my fault ... stay safe and wash your hands!

. adoupdate, update
(note: ado update updates community-contributed files; type -update- to
check for updates to official Stata)
(note: package ivreg2 was installed more than once; older copy removed)
command ado is unrecognized
stata(): 3598 Stata returned error
netrm(): - function returned error
rmdup(): - function returned error
find_and_uninst_1dup_std(): - function returned error
find_and_uninst_dups(): - function returned error
pkg_chk_and_update(): - function returned error
<istmt>: - function returned error
r(3598);

. ado update
command ado is unrecognized
r(199);

. help adoupdate,

. sysdir
STATA: C:\Program Files\Stata16\
BASE: C:\Program Files\Stata16\ado\base\
SITE: C:\Program Files\Stata16\ado\site\
PLUS: C:\Users\stoll\ado\plus\
PERSONAL: C:\Users\stoll\ado\personal\
OLDPLACE: c:\ado\

. sysdir set PLUS "c:\ado\plus"

. sysdir set PERSONAL "c:\ado\personal"

. adoupdate, update
(note: ado update updates community-contributed files; type -update- to
check for updates to official Stata)

Checking status of installed packages...

[1] fre at http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/f:
package has been updated on server

Packages to be updated are...

[1] fre -- 'FRE': module to display one-way frequency table

Installing updates...

[1] fre

Cleaning up...command ado is unrecognized
stata(): 3598 Stata returned error
netrm(): - function returned error
rmdup(): - function returned error
find_and_uninst_1dup_std(): - function returned error
find_and_uninst_dups(): - function returned error
pkg_chk_and_update(): - function returned error
<istmt>: - function returned error

[William Lisowski]

A follow-up problem was posted at

https://www.statalist.org/forums/for...ting-ado-files

where advice was given to seek the help of Stata Technical Services on it and on this problem.