topic Re: Unable to open SASUSER.PROFILE. in New SAS User

Unable to open SASUSER.PROFILE.

jcis7 — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:46:04 GMT

G'day!

We are transitioning to Windows 10 and I just got a computer built to adhere to regulations.

When I open SAS though I get the following message:

NOTE: Unable to open SASUSER.PROFILE. WORK.PROFILE will be opened instead.

NOTE: All profile changes will be lost at the end of the session.

WARNING: SASUSER.TEMPLAT is not a template store! It will be ignored.

NOTE: Unable to open SASUSER.PROFILE. WORK.PROFILE will be opened instead.

NOTE: All profile changes will be lost at the end of the session.

Any advice on how to address this issue?

Thanks!

Re: Unable to open SASUSER.PROFILE.

ballardw — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:15:29 GMT

Check the definition of location for the SASUSER library.

The typical location for Windows is something like : C:\Users\<userid>\Documents\My SAS Files\9.x (x would the SAS version).

If you have a different location then you may want to determine why.

Make sure that you have Read and WRITE permissions set to that location (operating system tools) for the USER logged on.

A second consideration is if you already have a SAS session running the second will also want to use the SASUSER.Profile and the first one has locked it and unavailable to the second. So the second session is forced to use the WORK library. If this occurs in a second session then 1) stop the session and 2) do not expect any session customizations to be kept such as window locations within the SAS main window.

Re: Unable to open SASUSER.PROFILE.

jcis7 — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:33:34 GMT

Thanks!

Re: Unable to open SASUSER.PROFILE.

jcis7 — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:24:16 GMT

For what your listed: Make sure that you have Read and WRITE permissions set to that location (operating system tools) for the USER logged on.

Do you mean these tools below?
Control Panel\System and Security\Administrative Tools