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By default, the contents of each Enhanced Editor window are saved in a backup file every 10 minutes. The name of the file is Autosave of FILENAME.$as. You can manually change the time interval.

To locate the backup SAS program file, search your drive for files ending with .$as or go to the direct location as noted below. If you search your drive, be sure to search hidden folders, too.

In SAS 9.1 (TS1M0) and later, the default location changed. On most Microsoft Windows operating systems the default location is:

SAS 9.1 (TS1M0):

c:\Documents and Settings\userid\Application Data\SAS\Enhanced Editor

where userid is the Windows user name that is logged on to the machine.

On Microsoft Windows NT, the default location could be:

c:\winnt\profiles\username\Application Data\SAS\Enhanced Editor

SAS 9.2 (TS1M0) and later for most Windows operating systems:

c:\Documents and Settings\userid\Application Data\SAS\EnhancedEditor

SAS 9.2 ( TS1M0) and later on Microsoft Vista or Windows Server 2008 is saved in a hidden folder:

c:\Users\userid\AppData\roaming\sas\EnhancedEditor

where userid is the Windows user name that is logged on to the machine.

If SAS cannot access the location, then the autosave files are stored in the TEMP location, as noted for SAS 8.

In SAS version 8, the Enhanced Editor autosave files are saved to the location defined by the Microsoft Windows TEMP environment variable. Typically, the location is:

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temp

However, by default, this is a hidden directory on Windows 2000. To see all hidden files and folders, open Windows Explorer or My Computer and click Tools ► Folder options. Click the View tab, select Show hidden files and folders, and click Apply.

To determine the TEMP location, see SAS Note 4816, "Enhanced Editor autosave feature creates a file: autosave of filename.$as."

To change the 10-minute time interval, click Tools ► Options ► Preferences and select the Edit tab. In the Preferences dialog box, make sure Autosave is checked and change the time. Or, change the time interval by adding the WAUTOSAVE command to the SASv9.CFG file.

Note: The SAS 9 OnlineDoc WAUTOSAVE documentation still refers to the TEMP autosave location. The change will be documented in the SAS 9.2 OnlineDoc.

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