wine users - Apr 2012 - Problem installing Stata - "no windows program configured"

Hello all,

I need to use Stata to collaborate with some colleagues on a project. I use
Linux Mint exclusively on my computers. Though Stata licenses are
OS-independent, the university I'm at only supports Mac and Windows. Stata
is available through a university-wide license for those operating systems.
Unfortunately, they refuse to offer a download for Linux users. Since I
don't want to dual-boot and don't want to buy a separate Stata license,
I'm trying to install Stata in Wine. However, when I try to install, I
receive the following error message.

> There is no windows program configured to open this file type

I'm using Linux Mint 12 and wine-1.3.28.

Any idea as to the source of the problem? I've never used Wine before.

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:23 AM, PoliEcon <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm using Linux Mint 12 and wine-1.3.28.
Upgrade to Wine 1.5.2.

When do you receive the program association error message?

James

jjmckenzie wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:23 AM, PoliEcon <wineforum-user at
winehq.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I'm using Linux Mint 12 and wine-1.3.28.
> > 
> 
> Upgrade to Wine 1.5.2.
> 
> When do you receive the program association error message?
> 
> James

Thanks for your response. I upgraded to 1.5.2. 

Here's a step-by-step outline of what I'm doing. 

1) I download "Stata12.exe" from the university IT website. 
2) I right-click the icon and click "Open With Wine Windows Program
Loader"
3) A window pops up that is titled "Installing Stata 12"
4) After a short period, a window pops up that says "There is no Windows
program configured to open this type of file."

Also, the problem persists in 1.5.2.

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:44 PM, PoliEcon <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> Also, the problem persists in 1.5.2.
>
Can you try running the installer from terminal per the instructions
at http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal and see what happens.

James

jjmckenzie wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:44 PM, PoliEcon <wineforum-user at
winehq.org> wrote:
> 
> > Also, the problem persists in 1.5.2.
> > 
> > 
> Can you try running the installer from terminal per the instructions
> at http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal and see what happens.
> 
> James

Sure. Here's what happens.


Code:

PoliEcon at MyComp ~ $ cd /home/User/Wine
PoliEcon at MyComp ~/Wine $ wine Stata12.exe
fixme:shell:SHAutoComplete stub
fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000180
fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000180




Also, the ``wine'' command launches the installer GUI which runs until
the ``There is no Windows program configured to open this type of file''
message.

Thanks again for your help.
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