stcurve after stcrreg produces: file __000005.dta could not be opened r(603)

[Federico Cav]

Hello and happy new year!
I'm on Windows 10, Stata 16.1.

stcrreg x1 x2 , compete(type_first_event==2)
no problem here.Then I try:
stcurve, cif
or
stcurve, cumhaz
and after some seconds, I get:
file __000005.dta could not be opened r(603)
Sometimes the filename ends with a 6 instead of a 5.
I tried both using the standard working directory and a specific one but the result is the same.
Thank you for any help you can give me.

[Nick Cox]

Find out where Stata wants to open temporary files. If memory serves me right, it will be listed if you type

creturn list

My guess is that it is somewhere where you don’t have write permission.