I had checked one, but not sassw.config.  The directories are there.  Do they need to be 8.3?  The file was created before the latest update, so it must have been working.   The registry had 8.3 with a value of 2 - I changed it to 0, with reboots, no effect on the SAS Java message at start up.  sassw.config.   [properties] JREHOME=C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASPrivateJavaRuntimeEnvironment\9.4\jre\bin\java.exe SASHOME=C:\Program Files\SASHome PRIVATEJREHOME=C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASPrivateJavaRuntimeEnvironment\9.4\jre\bin\java.exe DPLMTREGLOC=C:\Program Files\SASHome\deploymntreg VJRHOME=C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASVersionedJarRepository   Checking the Windows Defender settings and turning off didn't change the behaviour.  Making SAS trusted for virus checking didn't change the behaviour. ... View more