Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Windows 7 Start menu folder

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Friday, October 25, 2013

AutoCAD - Insert an excel file or part of an excel file


AutoCAD - Insert an excel file or part of an excel file
 

Draw > Table

Click “From data link radio button”

Launch the “Data Link Manager button” 

Click “Create a new Excel Data Link” 

Give the table a name like top middle and bottom if you are dividing a table into parts. 

Browse for excel file 

Select  a link option. You can select a range in the Excel file sample A1:F10. Select OK, OK OK and pick insertion point. 

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Find long folder file dir directory names


Dir /b /s > Test.csv

/b : Lists each directory name or file name, one per line, including the file name extension. /b does not display heading information or a summary. /b overrides /w.
/s : Lists every occurrence, in the specified directory and all subdirectories, of the specified file name



Open Test.csv in excel and add this to col B    =len(A1) and sort largest  to smallest B.
Could use excel and use \ as delimiter to Get long file names.
 http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/dir.mspx?mfr=true

Windows usually limits file names to 260 characters. But the file name must actually be shorter than that, since the complete path (such as C:\Program Files\filename.txt) is included in this character count.
It depends on the length of the complete path to the file (such as C:\Program Files\filename.txt). Windows limits a single path to 260 characters.
This helps us understand why a folder can be a maximum of 244 characters, from the defined 260 length of MAX_PATH as follows:
 260 minus C:\ (3) minus <NUL> (1) = 256
 256 minus 8.3 file name (12) = 244

Thursday, October 17, 2013

AutoCAD Fatal ERROR: Unhandled access violation reading 0X0018 Exception at e0511224h

AutoCAD Fatal ERROR: Unhandled access violation reading 0X0018 Exception at e0511224h

Recover or Audit and purge file.
REPAIR AutoCAD from the windows 7 Control Panel "Programs and features"
If repair does not work try an Uninstall / Reinstall of AutoCAD.

 

To Remove ALL AutoCAD From system.
Create restore point. This is a dangerous procedure, Proceed at your own Peril.
Create restore point. This is a dangerous procedure, Proceed at your own Peril.
Create restore point. This is a dangerous procedure, Proceed at your own Peril.

 

Uninstall All Autodesk products if updating AutoCAD.


2.1      Uninstall Design Review

2.2          Uninstall all Materials Libraries first. When uninstalling the material libraries, it's best to uninstall from largest to smallest. Begin by uninstalling the medium resolution image library–assuming that library is installed on your system–followed by the base resolution image library, and then the Autodesk material library.

2.3          Uninstall Object Enablers

2.4          Uninstall all other Autodesk products

2.5          If you get “File In Use” error click “Ignore” and reboot after uninstall


 

3.0          Delete Files


3.1          Delete Desktop icons

3.2          Go to Start, Programs, Right click, Delete Bentley and Autodesk

3.3          Delete all files in any autocad temp folder

3.4          C\: Autodesk

3.5          C:\Program Files\Autodesk

3.6          C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk

3.7          C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk

3.8          C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk

3.9          C:\ProgramData\Autodesk

3.10       C:\Users\Each User\AppData\Local\Autodesk

3.11       C:\Users\ Each User \AppData\Roaming\Autodesk

3.12       Delete %temp% = C:\Users\UseName\AppData\Local\Temp

3.13       Delete any other references to Bentley or Autodesk

 

4.0          Regedit and delete the following:

 

4.1          HKEY_Current_User\SOFTWARE\AUTODESK\
 
4.42         HKEY_Local_Machine\SOFTWARE\AUTODESK\

 

5.0          Run CCleaner


6.0          Reboot PC


6.1          Login as User

 

To uninstall Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014

Note: These programs will need to be removed in this specific order. In the Add or Remove Programs (Programs and Features) dialog box, first find and select:

1.     Click Start menu (Windows) > Settings > Control Panel

2.     In the Programs and Features select:

- Autodesk Material Library Base Resolution Image Library 2014 then click Remove/Uninstall.
- Autodesk Material Library 2014 and click Remove/Uninstall.
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 and click Remove.
- Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis 2014 and click Uninstall.
- Autodesk ReCap and click Remove/Uninstall.
- Autodesk Subassembly Composer on Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 and click Uninstall.

3.     Click Yes when prompted to confirm that you want to completely remove the application and all of its components.

4.     If you are prompted to remove shared files, click No to All, and then click Yes when prompted for confirmation to proceed.

5.     After the uninstall procedure has completed, click OK and restart the computer.




To remove any remaining Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 files

1.     Using Windows Explorer, delete the following Civil 3D 2014 installation folder (Windows 7 64-bit):

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014

Note: If your operating system is configured to store the Program Files folder on a drive other than the C drive, adjust the file path accordingly.

2.     Delete the following folders (Windows 7 64-bit):

·         C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\C3D 2014

·         C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\C3D 2014

·         C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\C3D 2014

Warning! Problems caused by improperly editing the Windows registry could render your computer operating system unusable. Microsoft provides a wealth of critical information that you need to know about the registry in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/support.

Use the Microsoft® Registry Editor only at your own risk and only after backing up the registry as well as the system.dat and user.dat files as outlined for your operating system in the Microsoft Knowledge Base and in the related solution, Back up system registry. Additional information about the registry is also contained in the Help topics in the Microsoft Registry Editor.

Note: You need to delete these folders for each Windows user account.




To remove any Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 entries that remain in the Windows registry

1.     Log on to the computer as a member of the Local Administrators group.

2.     Click Start menu (Windows) > Run.

3.     In the Run dialog box, enter regedit and click OK.

4.     In the Registry Editor, locate the following subkeys and delete them:

5.     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R19.1\ACAD-D000:409

6.     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R19.1\ACAD-D000:409

7.     Close the Registry Editor.

8.     Restart the computer.

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 has now been completely removed from your computer.




Before reinstalling Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014

1.     In Windows Explorer, delete the contents of your Windows Temp folder. You can locate the Temp folder by entering %TEMP% in the Address bar of Windows Explorer.

2.     Use the End Task feature to end any anti-virus programs.

Note: Disabling anti-virus programs from the system tray may not be sufficient. Virus checking programs may block certain activities that are seen as suspicious (for example, accessing the registry, adding, removing, and updating DLL files, and so on), even though these activities are common when installing or removing programs.
Several anti-virus programs can be disabled by right-clicking the taskbar icon and selecting Disable from the shortcut menu. For more information about disabling your anti-virus software, refer to the vendor of that software.

Important! It is important that you not only disable the anti-virus software but also use the End Task feature to end the anti-virus software.




To verify that an anti-virus program is not running in the background as a TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident Program)

·         Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE.

·         Click Task Manager.

·         In Task Manager, click the Processes tab.

·         Select the process for the anti-virus program, and then click End Process.

Now, you can reinstall Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 on the computer.

 

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Change the version of AutoCAD that starts when I edit or open a file form Document manager


Windows 7 Start menu Folder

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\

Select Autocad groups from Autoplant import log Bentley AT_HKFN0BRL_2T

In AutoCAD type below with your AT_ name. Press enter and then move previous to find object.

(Command "_select" "_g" "AT_HKFN0BRL_2T")

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Add Express tools to Autocad Architectureal 2014

Start > Control Panel > Programs and features >Autodesk Autocad Architecture 2014 - English > Uninstall/Change > Add remove Features > Select content packs Select Next > select Express Tools