Not sure where SAS stores that EE settings.   But for normal preferences they are stored in the SASUSER.PROFILE catalog.  And if you are running multiple SAS sessions without using the -RSASUSER option on startup then the 2nd,3rd,etc. sessions will not be able to open SASUSER.PROFILE.  So you end up getting a default profile instead of your persona; preferences.  That might change the tab spacing from 2 to 8 and cause a file with mix of tabs and spaces to look funny. ... View more