Your SAS 9.3 system might unexpectedly stop running and close with one of the task tracebacks or errors shown below. This problem occurs when you are paging up or down in the Output window or when you are clearing the Output window.

   The SAS task name is [lst    ]
   ERROR: Read Access Violation lst
   Exception occurred at (7E42AF46)
   Task Traceback
   Address   Frame     (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
   7E42AF46  0375F784  USER32:GetDlgCtrlID+0x2B
   7E42F40B  0375F7A4  USER32:SendMessageA+0x49
   67C079E2  0375F7C4  sasvwu:tkvercn1+0x169A2
   67C1778D  0375F830  sasvwu:tkvercn1+0x2674D
   67C65671  0375F870  sasvwu:tkvercn1+0x74631
   67C62B01  0375F95C  sasvwu:tkvercn1+0x71AC1
   67C623BB  0375FAAC  sasvwu:tkvercn1+0x7137B
   67C620D5  0375FAE4  sasvwu:tkvercn1+0x71095
   670E4826  0375FBB4  sasxfs:tkvercn1+0x37E6
   670E3D20  0375FBD0  sasxfs:tkvercn1+0x2CE0
   66CA19B7  0375FF30  sasxed:tkvercn1+0x977
   66CF10E8  0375FF54  saszlst:tkvercn1+0xA8
   00E12DC4  0375FFA0  sashost:Main+0xCF84
   00F06038  0375FFB4  sashost:Main+0x1001F8
   7C80B729  0375FFEC  kernel32:GetModuleFileNameA+0x1BA

   ERROR: Generic critical error.

   ERROR: an exception has been encountered.
   Please contact technical support and provide them with the following
   traceback information:
   The SAS task name is [Submit]
   Exception occurred at (6762E11B)
   Task Traceback
   address  frame   (DBGHELP API version 4.0 rev 5)
   6762E11B  084DD878 sasxshel.tkvercn1+0xD0Db
   6762F799  084DD8D8 sasxshel.tkvercn1+0xE759
   etc.    ...13 more sasxshel.tkvercn1 items ...
   00BA2DC4 084DFFA0 sashost:Main+0xCF84
   00C96038 084DFFB4 sashost:Main+0x1001F8
   7C80B729 084DFFEC kernel32:GetModuleFileNameA+0x1BA

There is more than one way to clear the window. You can do any of the following while the Output window is active:

• Press Alt+E and then select Clear all from the drop-down menu.
• Press Ctrl+E.
• Right-click inside the Output window and then select Edit ► Clear all.

To work around this problem, apply the fix located on the Hot Fix tab above, or do the following:

1. From the menu, select Tools ► Options ► Preferences.
2. Click the Results tab.
3. If Create Listing is checked, deselect it.
4. In the HTML section, click to select the Create HTML option and click OK.

A hot fix is available on the Hot Fix tab. This issue is fixed in SAS^® 9.3 (TS1M2). 

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3 is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3_M1 is available at: