unable to start autocad LT

[ali888]

Hi,

 

I have this problem with autocad LT 2007 running on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.

 

The problem might be to do with permission or some sorts.

 

I (as administrator) can launch the autocad under my account. However, some users with power-user permissions are having trouble getting it started. Nothing happens after double-clicking on the icon on the desktop.

 

Then, what puzzles me even more is that another user (called autocad-user) logs in and is able to launch the app with no drama. Now, I also realized that when the autocad LT 2007 got installed in the first place, it's done by this user (autocad-user). This explains why this particular user can run the app besides administrators.

 

But I just wonder why not all other authorized users can run it. It's the same machine but just shared by different users.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you

[Dadgad]

What happens if you right click on the icon and check RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR?

[ali888]

What happens if you right click on the icon and check RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR?

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

No, I tried it already and it still didn't work.

 

I had to switch users either to myself or autocaduser, then tried it again and it worked. Really bizarre.

 

Thank you very much

[SLW210]

Have you tried opening through the Programs menu?

[ali888]

Thank you for your reply.

 

Yes, I tried that too and nothing showed up afterwards.

 

very strange.

 

Thank you

[Dadgad]

Thank you for your reply.

 

Yes, I tried that too and nothing showed up afterwards.

 

very strange.

 

Thank you

 

On which user account are you tring to open it?

[ali888]

I found the following error message under Event Properties:

Faulting application name: acadlt.exe, version: 23.0.54.0, time stamp: 0x440adc1d

Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17725, time stamp: 0x4ec49b60

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x00034cb3

Faulting process id: 0x73c

Faulting application start time: 0x01ce81f20336e922

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2007\acadlt.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll

Report Id: 41be9ed4-ede5-11e2-8cb5-001bfc3b3

 

Don't understand what the error means.

 

Thank you very much

[PotGuy]

Perhaps send that error to Autodesk?

[ReMark]

Perhaps send that error to Autodesk?

That would be pointless as AutoDesk does not support running AutoCAD 2007 under Win7.

[PotGuy]

I wasn't aware of that. Or, at least forgot when thinking about the best way of going about this.

 

I guess a fresh install has been tried, or something you want to avoid if possible?