How does ACAD know where to start from?

[cadman6735]

To avoid the long story of how I got to ask this question, I shall just ask the question...

 

 

1.) Where does the icon on my desktop go to start ACAD and

 

2.) Where does double clicking on an ACAD file in widows explorer go to start ACAD?

 

 

My desktop icon does not load the same ACAD as double clicking on an ACAD file in window explorer.

 

My desired result is the verion that opens when double clicking in explorer.

 

 

 

How I know they open differently is that for some reason the icon refuses to load my acaddoc.lsp file.

 

 

My working buddy here built a new .bat file that would repath some of the support files, the funny thing is, is he and no one else is having any problems. So I can't blaim the .bat file

 

I am so frustrated right now.

 

 

Any advise, thanks

[ReMark]

Right-click on the desktop icon, at the pop-up window select Properties, then take a look at the info on the Shortcut tab.

[qball]

In Explorer you can search "acad.exe".

The one that should open should probably be here: "C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2010\acad.exe".

If the one on the desktop differs from that (as Remark explained), then right click the exe file and Create Shortcut. Or cut and paste the proper path into Target on the Properties

[ReMark]

You don't need Explorer. Open the version of AutoCAD you wish to be using all the time and type the following at the command line then press Enter:

 

(findfile"acad.exe")

 

What is returned after that tells you the path to your AutoCAD program. Mine is:

 

"C:\\Program Files\\AutoCAD 2010\\acad.exe"

[cadman6735]

(findfile "acad.exe") are both going to the same thing...

 

 

Any ideas where I can look for why one will load one way and the other will load a different way, they are both going to the same profile.

 

I like the (findfile) trick, thanks

[ReMark]

Do you have more than one version of AutoCAD installed? If so, which versions are they?

[cadman6735]

no, only 2008 Architecture.

 

but we do have more than one profile floating around .arg but I am going to the correct one (as far as I can tell)

 

 

Other than driving me crazy that my ACAD got messed up, I have a workaround by loading my acaddoc.lsp in my briefcase and this solves the missing tools, but I hate the fact that I can't figure it out. I feel like I sprang my foot and can't walk right with my acad messed up.

[qball]

I don't see this in 2010, but with 2007 I right click the desktop icon - Properties, Target: "...acad.exe" /p ".arg"

see what happens if you change that.

[Jeff H]

I think you are asking to use the profile that is used when you double click in windows explorer

 

If so try this and see if it works

 

1. Double click a drawing in windows explorer to open AutoCAD

 

2. At the command prompt enter CPROFILE

 

3. Right click on ShortCut and enter in for target "The path to acad.exe" /p "The CPROFILE value"

 

Examples:

Enter in Exactly like examples format with your values

Make sure to include quotations marks for path and profile and a space between path /p and profile

 

"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD MEP 2011\acad.exe" /p "AutoCAD"

 

"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD MEP 2011\acad.exe" /p "AutoCAD Architecture (US Imperial)"

 

I think qball has the .arg in his profile because he is using an exported profile or the previous versions required that

 

If so you can try opening by drawing double clicking in explorer

on the profiles tab in options export the profile or export the name you got from CPROFILE to a location and use that

Example

"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD MEP 2011\acad.exe" /p "C:\\FileName.arg"

[BIGAL]

Just a bit more you can have multiple icons on your desktop and each one can be different in what it does, say metric v's feet its to do wth the /p profile.

 

We delete multiples on purpose the default install created two. We have a network problem with a laptop he has two yes/no network.

 

We have no problems clicking from explorer sounds like you need to check that your current profile is the same as in the icon.