What should I do if my file or setup file gives me a "file not found" error?

Individual Files

Be sure the files you have downloaded have all been unzipped, and you are pointing your statistical software to the correct path where the file is located.

Some statistical applications have a limit on the number of characters that can be used to specify a file location. The default folder hierarchy in which SAMHSA distributes its files comprises at least three levels. If this folder hierarchy is extracted to a folder that is already nested within several other folders, then the length of the resulting drive, folder hierarchy, and filename specification could exceed that which is usable by the statistics application. In these cases, SAMHSA recommends that the lowest folder in the hierarchy be moved or copied to a location as high in the folder hierarchy as possible and that this new location be specified in the setup files.

Setup File

When a setup file or application generates a "file not found" error, it may be caused by an incomplete filename being used in the setup statements (i.e., the specification for the filename may be missing the filename extension). This is often because Windows does not display filename extensions in either Windows Explorer or My Computer and subsequent dialog boxes. Adding the correct extension to the file specification in the setup statements should correct the problem.

To ensure that you are always presented with complete filenames, the default Windows filename display option for folders should be changed to show file extensions. Please refer to the Help documentation for your version of Windows to change the default filename display.