1) Pay attention to next lines in log you attached: The error might occur under the following situation: You used the SAS® Download Manager option Remove duplicate files and save space, which caused the SAS Software depot to become optimized, and The \VJR\ folder created in the optimized \SAS Software Depot\ that contains these duplicate files is missing or was manually deleted. To correct the problem, use the SAS Download Manager to download the depot again and do not rename or delete the VJR folder or files in the depot. Install SAS from this depot. 2) Please post what SAS version are you installing? on what OS ? 3) Check your java installation 4) If that doesn't help - ask your sas damin / supplier or maybe someone else in forum can help ... View more