When you right-click a SAS file type and select the action Open with SAS 9.3, the file does not open in the SAS^® Display Manager and an error message occurs. The problem happens after you run the Manage SAS File Types utility that is installed with SAS^® 9.3.

You might see a message that says this:

The action OPENWITHSAS903 was not found as a valid action for object type FILE in your SAS desktop registration data sets.

Or this:

The action BROWSEWITHSAS903 was not found as a valid action for object type DATA in your SAS desktop registration data sets.

Screen captures of the possible error messages are shown below:

To resolve the issue, install SAS 9.3 software Rev. 930_12w10 or later and then run the Manage SAS File Types utility to reassociate your SAS file types. If you are unable to install at a minimum that version and revision of the software, you can work around the problem by opening the file from the SAS 9.3 Display Manager: Select File ► Open Program or double-click the file to open it in the SAS 9.3 Display Manager.

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