https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-to-find-an-autosaved-SAS-program/m-p/948883#M42625 <P>Not a question, but I just wanted to share some info that helped me find my most recent program code I lost when SAS shut down for some reason.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I am using SAS 9.4 for Windows and had a bit of a panic when I opened my computer and SAS had closed after doing significant work on a program that I didn't save.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Reading this resource here (<A href="https://sas.service-now.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&amp;sysparm_article=KB0036195" target="_self">Autosave Backup Files</A>&nbsp;) and searching my C: for " Autosave of* " led me right to what I needed. I also found a bunch of other autosaves from some classes I'm sure would have been helpful at the time <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Upon opening the Autosave files (.$as) I just needed to save as a normal .sas file and then everything was good to go.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:32:40 GMT sasgorilla 2024-10-24T13:32:40Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-to-find-an-autosaved-SAS-program/m-p/948883#M42625 <P>Not a question, but I just wanted to share some info that helped me find my most recent program code I lost when SAS shut down for some reason.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I am using SAS 9.4 for Windows and had a bit of a panic when I opened my computer and SAS had closed after doing significant work on a program that I didn't save.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Reading this resource here (<A href="https://sas.service-now.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&amp;sysparm_article=KB0036195" target="_self">Autosave Backup Files</A>&nbsp;) and searching my C: for " Autosave of* " led me right to what I needed. I also found a bunch of other autosaves from some classes I'm sure would have been helpful at the time <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Upon opening the Autosave files (.$as) I just needed to save as a normal .sas file and then everything was good to go.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:32:40 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-to-find-an-autosaved-SAS-program/m-p/948883#M42625 sasgorilla 2024-10-24T13:32:40Z