https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11449#M1362 Thank you! Followed the instruction, changed .sas files to open with SAS system for Windows. When I double clicked on a sas code file, it did kick off the SAS 9.2. However I also got a warning message about a catalog file does not exist. Next an error message telling me an error occured while attempting to initialize a SAS desktop object from class sashelp.sasdesk.catmodel. My file did not open. I must have missed something, half way there :). Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:58:43 GMT mnew 2010-10-07T03:58:43Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11446#M1359 Greetings:<BR /> Each time I double-click on a saved SAS file, the Enterprise Guide kicks off, even though I've never used Enterprise Guide at all. I use Windows XP and the SAS version is 9.2. It is true that I could right click to select open with SAS 9.2 but I'm hoping for a way to set the default start option.<BR /> Thank you! Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:14:28 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11446#M1359 mnew 2010-10-05T05:14:28Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11447#M1360 on a reasonably standard install of foundation SAS9.2, the start menu SAS group should include a sub-group named like SAS 9.2 utilities. That includes a SAS File Types application that enables you to set the default SAS behaviour. Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:38:17 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11447#M1360 Peter_C 2010-10-05T11:38:17Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11448#M1361 Another approach in XP, with more flexibility, is to go to My Computer<BR /> select tools<BR /> select folder options<BR /> select file types<BR /> select the extension you wish to change<BR /> select advanced<BR /> then you can connect any file type to any application.<BR /> <BR /> For instance, I connect .log and .lst files to EMACS.<BR /> <BR /> Doc Muhlbaier<BR /> Duke Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:05:47 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11448#M1361 Doc_Duke 2010-10-05T13:05:47Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11449#M1362 Thank you! Followed the instruction, changed .sas files to open with SAS system for Windows. When I double clicked on a sas code file, it did kick off the SAS 9.2. However I also got a warning message about a catalog file does not exist. Next an error message telling me an error occured while attempting to initialize a SAS desktop object from class sashelp.sasdesk.catmodel. My file did not open. I must have missed something, half way there :). Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:58:43 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11449#M1362 mnew 2010-10-07T03:58:43Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11450#M1363 Thank you! This worked for me. (More details for the next beginner with similar questions: SAS 9.2 License Renewal and Utilities -&gt; Manage SAS File Types (here you can check/uncheck which files you want to open with either Enterprise guide or SAS 9.2. I unchecked .sas when SAS EG was highlighted.) Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:10:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-turn-off-the-default-start-of-Enterprise-Guide/m-p/11450#M1363 mnew 2010-10-07T04:10:00Z