Error 1606.....?

[Grigs]

When I try to do a 'repair' for my AutoCAD 2007, I get this error...

"Error 1606. Could not access network location Autodesk\AutoCAD 2007\R17.0\enu\." When I searched the AutoDesk site it said:

"This issue occurs because the installer tries to place files into another user's profile where you do not have write access. During the program installation, the installer must have access to write to various locations in the Windows user profile. You must be logged in as a user with administrative rights to install the product successfully."

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

Running AutoCAD 2007 SP2 under Vista Business.

Thanks

[Lee Mac]

If you have more than one account on the computer, before running the setup, right-click the set-up file and click "Run as Administrator", this should overcome the write-access problem

[Grigs]

I am the only user on this computer. The computer was brand new a few months ago and I was/am the only user to have an account on it. What I was trying to do was repair the AutoCAD installation. I went thru the control panel to run the repair and it asked for the CD, so I went and got it. That's when I first got the 1606 error. So, I tried running the setup.exe from the CD. It told me to run the repair option from the Control Panel, when obviously didn't work.

[ReMark]

Go over to the AutoDesk website and in the search box in the upper right hand corner type in "1606". It will report back that "13 results" were found. Go through the list and find the one that most closely matches your situation.

[ReMark]

Grigs: Have you solved your problem? An update would be appreciated.

[Grigs]

Nope. Still haven't figured it out. I checked AutoDesk's website and looked at the solutions there. Nothing seemed to work. I can't even reassociate a .dwg file to AutoCAD. It's stuck on the 'AutoCAD DWG Launcher' and when I try to redo the association it won't change. So I can't even double click on a file and have AutoCAD open it. I thought about doing an uninstall and then trying to reinstall it, but I'm afraid of getting the same error if I attempt that.

[Lee Mac]

I would definitely recommend a re-install, as this normally resolves most things -- maybe worth creating a system restore point beforehand.

[Grigs]

Yeah, but my boss doesn't like non-billable time :) So I'll have to come in sometime on the weekend and do a reinstall.

[ReMark]

You're on a network?

[Grigs]

Yes. However, AutoCAD was a stand-alone install. Only the templetes/pen tables/lisp routines/blocks are on the network. I did have our IT person look over my profile and he didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

[ReMark]

Standalone? The error mentions not being able to access the network though. What if you were to shut down the computer, disconnect from the network, reboot and then try a Repair or Reinstall?

[Grigs]

When I talked to our IT person, he logged on remotely and logged on to my computer with what I assume was a local admin account. The user name was <computer name>\installer. I couldn't see the password. He did a repair thru control panel and it let him, but when I logged back on the problems were still the same. Nothing seemed to change.

I don't believe I can logon to my computer without the network. I don't know the user/password for local.

[ReMark]

Your computer should allow you to boot up despite being disconnected from the network. I know that mine does. I run "standalone" too. AutoCAD and MS Office are both loaded on my hard drive. On the rare occassion we have a network malfunction (at least twice a year) I can still boot up and work because my drawing files are on my hard drive while everyone else keeps their working files on the network. Engineers may be paid more but they can be pretty dumb at times if you ask me. Try it. What have you got to lose? You can check with the IT person too. I believe you can do it.

[Grigs]

Well, I tried your suggestion and logged on without the network and tried a repair. Got the same error message. The only thing I can think of is maybe my profile on the network (which is a Roaming Profile - No idea why they set it up that way) somehow got messed up?

On a side note, maybe this has something to do with it or maybe not, whenever I reboot or do a windows update and have to reboot, files that I had deleted months ago reappear back on my desktop. It's rather annoying.

[ReMark]

A roaming profile would allow you to work from more than one workstation I believe. Do you do that from time to time?

[Grigs]

Nope. We never have a need to log onto a different computer. And a roaming profile wouldn't do us any good in reguards to AutoCAD. About the only thing a Roaming Perofile does is allow us access to email and surf the internet. Our office is rather small. Only like 9 people total.

[ReMark]

OK. Thanks for the info. Guess I'll go think on it.

[papijoon]

Creat A New Account (Administrator Account)
And Inistall Autocad :)