Virgil Johnson Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 For some reason the ACAD 2006 (and 2005 for that matter) is crashing when opening (or sometimes it waits until closing) a file. This with xp service pack 3. I have installed AutoCad sp3. I have disabled the signature icons. I have installed the new MF80AU.dll. (I uninstalled the old.) I have dropped the most recent files number to 0. Still crashes. Anyone with ideas? Virgil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bev.lynn Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Have you tried to repair the install via Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs? You may have some corrupt program files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Johnson Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 Yes I have. That is I have uninstalled and reinstalled twice. I even tried a repair between installations. Nothing worked. v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bev.lynn Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Virgil, I had a similar problem years ago with my 2006 civil install and I had to completely remove all the Autodesk files from my computer after I ran the uninstall. After I deleted all the directories and files, I ran a registry cleaning software to remove all the registry entries which autodesk is notorious for leaving behind, then reinstall. You did not mention what happened just prior to the beginning of the crashes. That may also hold some clues: driver updates, third party software installs/uninstalls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Johnson Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 Bev I had considered removing all Autodesk stuff next. It means two copies of Max and two copies of AutoCad to reload. Ugh And I run cleaning software also. But I need to work. So I found a workaround. I open a drawing from Explorer. The drawing opens AutoCad. I get the exception error. But when I click it away the program stays open and runs normally. If I open a drawing inside of AutoCad I get the error warning and when I click it away the program crashes. I suspect my upgrading xp to sp3 might have done it. The fix Autodesk gives me is for a new MFC80AU link to Microsoft which describes it as a fix for xp sp2. You can find the link by using the AutoCad Help>Additional Resources>Support Knowledge Base which leads to Autodesk's suggestions for a fix. I have been using suggestions on lines 7 and 8. But I see they also suggest a thorough cleaning as you have. v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Johnson Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 Got it! I had installed Max 2009. Then unstalled Max and tried Max Design. That was the mistake. Uninstalled Max Design and put back Max. And AutoCad went back to working. v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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