# cannot extract .dta.gz file

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**Created:** [March 10, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/cannot-extract-dta-gz-file/1234 "2016-03-10T19:46:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Demetri\_Zacharakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Demetri\_Zacharakis](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Demetri_Zacharakis)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/cannot-extract-dta-gz-file/1234/3 "2021-02-24T00:36:30Z")

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I have Stata 16 and I get the same error, what’s wrong?

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