I understand that (now) but for those of us that are not super familiar with SAS, I would be willing to bet many are just doing the wrong thing. In my case, I don't use SAS, I really don't know what it even does. I'm just an IT guy that has to install it maybe once a year. This year I documented the process which I should have done before. If you read the comments following the solution, there are still a bunch of people saying the solution didn't work for them. I bet they are in my shoes and just don't know what they are even looking at.   If you're truly trying to install Foundation / Base SAS, then my comment may not be for you. If you're not sure what the difference between X and Y are, perhaps this info will help. That's all I wanted to share but thank you for clarifying the difference since that is still something I was unclear on.  ... View more

I know this is old but I think I found the fix for many of us. The fix is to do it right. Setup.exe is not what you should be running. What you want to run is SASEnterpriseGuide83_x86_x64 which can be found under ...\SAS Software Depot\standalone_installs\SAS_Enterprise_Guide_Independent_Installer\8_3.  This took me most of today to figure out. I was just doing it wrong and I suspect many of us are. All the "fixes" out there did nothing because you can't fix it when there's nothing wrong. Hope this helps someone! ... View more