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Hi- I installed AutoCAD 2009 on my PC and when I open it nothing is there at all. It has a black screen, no command line, and the A in the upper left-hand. Does anyone know why it is like that? Also how can I get the toolbars/tabs/pull downs like it is suppose to be? Please help! Thank you!!!!

 

Amber

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Reinstall it, sounds like it is missing it's mnu (menu) file.

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Welcome to AutoCad 2009 clean screen. You can click on the A in the upper left-hand corner to get your menus. Just to the right of the A there should be a quick access toolbar. Right click on it and click on Show Menu Bar. To get your Command Line press Cntrl+9.

 

To turn cleanscreen off and on type in cleanscreenon cleanscreenoff.

 

One reason they don't show the Commandline by default now is because of the Dynamic input. Pressing F12 toggles this.

 

 

That will get you started.

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Welcome to AutoCad 2009 clean screen. You can click on the A in the upper left-hand corner to get your menus. Just to the right of the A there should be a quick access toolbar. Right click on it and click on Show Menu Bar. To get your Command Line press Cntrl+9.

 

To turn cleanscreen off and on type in cleanscreenon cleanscreenoff.

 

One reason they don't show the Commandline by default now is because of the Dynamic input. Pressing F12 toggles this.

 

 

That will get you started.

 

 

ScribbleJ: I may have to re-install because there isn't even a quick access toolbar like your mentioning. All it has is the A in the upper left, nothing beside it. It it very weird.

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That very well may be the problem. I was posting as f700es was and he beat me to the punch. I didn't even think about the install being the issue. Normally it isn't but we are working with PC's here so anything is possible. The quick access toolbar may not be part of vanilla AutoCad 2009 but I would think it is since Map3d and Civil 3d which are built on AutoCad have it.

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I would try a Repair prior to trying a reinstall. If that fails there are specific steps to be taken to ensure that everything is removed before attempting a reinstall.

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