AutoCAD 2013 will not run?

[rkent]

Be sure to read, understand, and follow the instructions for installation provided by Autodesk. They have some very specific requirements for MS updates, .net framework, virus protections, etc.

[Dormant]

Got AutoCAD up and running. Figured out it was running when logged in as an admin, but not as a user. After a bit of playing around IT deleted some files from registry and AutoCAD decided to configure itself and load. So all good now.

Thanks for all the help.

[NickDarvey]

Got AutoCAD up and running. Figured out it was running when logged in as an admin, but not as a user. After a bit of playing around IT deleted some files from registry and AutoCAD decided to configure itself and load. So all good now.

Thanks for all the help.

Hey Dormant,
Do you think you could post the solution/get your IT guys to post the solution (which reg keys)? I'm trying to make this work in a school environment where no one runs as administrator.

Cheers,
Nick

[Dadgad]

Welcome to the forum.
This is not really my field of expertise, but can't you change this in the PROPERTIES of the desktop shortcut?
On the SECURITY tab, or you may need to use the Advanced options?
I believe that as an administrator you can specify a new user group and permission settings for that group.

[NickDarvey]

Cheers AutoCAD isn't really my field
You can run it elevated from there if it was a standalone computer, but we're running on pretty locked-down domain-joined systems.
I've packaged and sequenced maybe a hundred apps in the last few years - I've never met anything so hideous as Autodesk Design Academy. There are so many little things you have to tweak to get it to deploy properly and no documentation on any of it T_T