First run initializing - AutoCAD hangs at splash screen for hours

[Dinochrome]

When starting AutCAD I get "First run initializing" on the splash screen. This happens after security updates.

 

My computer hangs with the splash screen up for a few hours, then magically AutoCAD starts. It affects 2013 and 2015.

[Dinochrome]

Have any of you encountered this, and what was your fix please?

[ReMark]

Try eliminating the splash screen and see what happens.

[Dinochrome]

OK, I'll find that setting...

 

This only happens after security updates. My company has their own suite and then there are also Windohs updates. I haven't logged which updates cause this. The messages for the updates are cryptic at best.

 

Yesterday my AutoCAD failed to launch three times, followed by just sitting there for about 2-1/2 hours and magically starting.

 

This morning it loaded quite fast.

 

Some of what I read around the interwebz suggested that there was a connection to some of the aliased directories AutoCAD uses like:

 

C:\Users\dinochrome\appdata\roaming\autodesk\autocad 2013 - english\r19.0\enu\support

 

...things get pointed at directories that are removed/renamed during updates or some such.

[Dinochrome]

That's nice, no splash screen.

 

...paste /nologo into your desktop icon