SAS x "command in win11

[FelixSta20]

I am using  command

x "notepad.exe aaa.txt";

in SAS data step. 

In win10 it ws working. In win11 it gives error

“The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process

How to make it working

[Quentin]

If you remove SAS from the process, and submit that command on a command line, does it work?

[FelixSta20]

Yes on command line command notepad.exe works

[Quentin]

What about the command:

notepad.exe aaa.txt

?

(Perhaps with a path to the text file, otherwise windows is probably assuming it's in the current directory, or some-such.

Basically I would try to get to the point where the exact same command works from command prompt, but doesn't work from SAS with the X statement.

[Kurt_Bremser]

Do you have the necessary maintenance level of sas for Windows 11 (9.4 TS1M7)?

What happens if you try to open the same file with a manually started Notepad while the SAS session is still running?

Is the file aaa.txt created through SAS code in the same session? If yes, post the complete log from the creation of the file up to the X statement.

[FelixSta20]

The operation was canceled by the user.
MPRINT(COPY_MOD_STEP): x "notepad.exe uja011.sas";
MPRINT(COPY_MOD_STEP): run;
MLOGIC(COPY_MOD_STEP): Ending execution.

The operation was canceled by the user.
172 x "notepad.exe uja011.sas"
172! ;

[Kurt_Bremser]

Okay, and what about my other questions?

[FelixSta20 · Accepted solution]

Occasionally I hafe found solution for my particular case. I was using command 

 x "notepad.exe uja011.sas";

for some reason exactly that format was working in previous version of windows 

Now the following works

 x "notepad uja011.sas";

So I don't know why , but it works and for time being it is enough for me to know the working format.

Thank you to all replying to my post.

[fja]

Glad that it works for you now. May I suggest sparing a like for those having lent a helping hand? ... Just a thought to keep people motivated. 🙂

--fja

[FelixSta20]

Yr right

[Tom]

I suspect the difference is really that in the mean time you closed the other program than had the SAS file open.  That is what your original error message was about.  Perhaps you were trying to edit the program you were running?

[FelixSta20]

No quite so. In fact main SAS program creates new semidocumented sas fileas copy of one previous, and opens it for additional editing of documenting part, after closing the main SAS program continues and ends succesfully. This is to keep documented set of programs, which are later listed in special HTML summary file