Base SAS® shows the message, "ERROR: The java child process terminated unexpectedly: status -1073740940"


When launching SAS® 9.4 from a machine where the endpoint security software SentinelOne is running, you might see the error below in the SAS log:

ERROR: The Java child process terminated unexpectedly: status -1073740940.
ERROR: Failed to attach to Java during SAS startup.

To circumvent this issue, an administrator of SentinelOne must either "allowlist" or "exclude" the directory or file below in SentinelOne:

C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\core\sasext
C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\core\sasext\jproxy.exe

Note: These are the default paths. Your paths might be different.

Note that the SentinelOne application might not log or report that it is interfering with SAS in any way. You can contact SentinelOne customer support to let them know that you are experiencing this problem. Specifically, let them know that their software is blocking the execution of the jproxy.exe file from C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\core\sasext.