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  | SAMLERMAN   Newbie
 
   
 
 Joined: 22.Aug.2016
 Location: United States
 Using: AutoCAD2012 AutoCAD2016, Revit2016
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 Points: 16
 |  Topic: AutoCAD2012 -Hanging/Freezes on "Open" Command Posted: 22.Aug.2016 at 19:12
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Hello everybody, That's my problem: I open AutoCAD 2012 from Desktop shortcut. It opens (as "Drawing1") I select from the "File" menu - "Open" AutoCAD freezes, I get Windows message "Close file" If after the 1st step (Opening AutoCAD as "Drawing1") I go to "Options" and add new profile,- no problem, I can open any drawings. But every time I go out of AutoCAD and trying to get I, same problem, I have to crate a new profile to open drawings. Why I need to go out? I have several shortcuts to work in different client folders.   Please, anybody, help me to solve this problem.   Thank you     | 
 
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  | John Connor   Senior Member
 
   
 
 Joined: 01.Feb.2011
 Location: United States
 Using: AutoCAD 2018
 Status: Offline
 Points: 7175
 |  Posted: 23.Aug.2016 at 11:33 | 
 
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   Did these shortcuts work previously?
 Are you on a network?
 
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     "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." 
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  | SAMLERMAN   Newbie
 
   
 
 Joined: 22.Aug.2016
 Location: United States
 Using: AutoCAD2012 AutoCAD2016, Revit2016
 Status: Offline
 Points: 16
 |  Posted: 23.Aug.2016 at 17:28 | 
 
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Yea, it was working for 5 years.. And yes, I'm on network | 
 
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  | John Connor   Senior Member
 
   
 
 Joined: 01.Feb.2011
 Location: United States
 Using: AutoCAD 2018
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 |  Posted: 23.Aug.2016 at 18:06 | 
 
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   So what might have changed to possibly account for the problem?  Hardware?  Software?  Maybe something IT did?
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     "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." 
 <<AutoCAD 2015>>
 
 
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  | SAMLERMAN   Newbie
 
   
 
 Joined: 22.Aug.2016
 Location: United States
 Using: AutoCAD2012 AutoCAD2016, Revit2016
 Status: Offline
 Points: 16
 |  Posted: 23.Aug.2016 at 18:24 | 
 
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Actually, I'm the IT:) Nothing has been changed. The only thing I did- disabled Interactive Service Detection service (I'm getting endless messages). But, I enabled it again and same results. | 
 
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  | SAMLERMAN   Newbie
 
   
 
 Joined: 22.Aug.2016
 Location: United States
 Using: AutoCAD2012 AutoCAD2016, Revit2016
 Status: Offline
 Points: 16
 |  Posted: 23.Aug.2016 at 18:26 | 
 
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AutoCAD2016 works perfect | 
 
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  | John Connor   Senior Member
 
   
 
 Joined: 01.Feb.2011
 Location: United States
 Using: AutoCAD 2018
 Status: Offline
 Points: 7175
 |  Posted: 23.Aug.2016 at 18:36 | 
 
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   You are like the fifth or sixth person in the last two days that I read of having this particular problem.  Someone said they thought it happened right after a Windows update.  We haven't experienced it however.
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     "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." 
 <<AutoCAD 2015>>
 
 
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  | John Connor   Senior Member
 
   
 
 Joined: 01.Feb.2011
 Location: United States
 Using: AutoCAD 2018
 Status: Offline
 Points: 7175
 |  Posted: 23.Aug.2016 at 20:09 | 
 
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   Someone posted this temporary solution at another AutoCAD Help site.  For what it is worth......... **************** It must be a Windows update because I got exactly the same problem on 
several computers at the same time. I made it work again by placing this
 line into the "acad.lsp" file:
 
	Code: (command "appload")  It brings up an "Load/Unload Application" dialog right when I 
start AutoCAD. I just cancel that and from that point 'open', 'saveas' 
and 'insert' all work fine.
 
In your case (LT), try to go to Options>Files tab, click on "Support 
File Search Path", highlight any path that opens and then click 
"Browse". "Browse For Folder" dialog should pop up. Just cancel that and
 cancel Options dialog and you should be good to go. It should fix the 
problem for duration of your drawing session. You will have to do this 
every time you start the AutoCAD, until Microsoft fixes the problem in 
some next update.  ***************
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     "Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." 
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  | SAMLERMAN   Newbie
 
   
 
 Joined: 22.Aug.2016
 Location: United States
 Using: AutoCAD2012 AutoCAD2016, Revit2016
 Status: Offline
 Points: 16
 |  Posted: 23.Aug.2016 at 22:25 | 
 
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It will be the same as creating a new profile when I start new session-it fix the problem for duration of this session/ Anyway, thank you for trying to help!   | 
 
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  | SAMLERMAN   Newbie
 
   
 
 Joined: 22.Aug.2016
 Location: United States
 Using: AutoCAD2012 AutoCAD2016, Revit2016
 Status: Offline
 Points: 16
 |  Posted: 23.Aug.2016 at 22:43 | 
 
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BTW, the (command "appload") helps! Thank you! | 
 
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