Date:         Mon, 23 Sep 2002 17:33:09 -0500
Reply-To:     John <John@NOSPAM_SENSORYSIMS.COM>
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From:         John <John@NOSPAM_SENSORYSIMS.COM>
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Subject:      Re: How to detect SAS.EXE version via Windows File Property ?
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JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM (Jack Hamilton) wrote:

>You could look for the name of the SAS version in the Start menu
>shortcut.  Or you could look in the Windows registry - there's a key, in
>the case of my desktop computer, named HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SAS
>Institute Inc.\Enhanced Editor\8.2.
>
>Looking at the name associated with a file type won't work,
>unfortunately - on my system I find 7.01, even though v7 has never been
>installed here.


As you also noticed, the registry is not a reliable place to look.
I llok at that key on my PC, and it says 2.0 ... whatever that means.

Also, for me, I have shortcuts to fire up all three versions of SAS,
depending on what I'm doing and what end user I'm supporting.
SAS  6.12, 8.1, 8.2.

I dont think that SAS is very dependant on any registry settings,
since most pertinant info is kept in the Configuration file in SAS
Root.

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For your SAS.EXE version 8.2,
  does Windows Explorer File Property Versions show:
      SAS 8.2 --->  8.00.978982310
         and file date = April 15, 2002

Thanks,
John

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