Casusa Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Hi. In the opening box of my Autocad 2005, the button to access a network drive (external disk) disappeared. In windows 10, this network connection is fully operational. How can I fix this? Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Hello. Any help here??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Not much help, but AutoCAD 2005 was way before Windows 10 and there can be quirks when running old software on newer OS. You'll probably need to search around and see what sort of work arounds others have used to help with any and all quirks. Usually things of this sort are permissions related, you might look into the permissions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Did this message happen to appear on a school lab computer by any chance? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 hours ago, SLW210 said: Not much help, but AutoCAD 2005 was way before Windows 10 and there can be quirks when running old software on newer OS. You'll probably need to search around and see what sort of work arounds others have used to help with any and all quirks. Usually things of this sort are permissions related, you might look into the permissions. I've been using Autocad 2005 and windows 10 for well over a year Where can I check these permissions? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 hours ago, ReMark said: Did this message happen to appear on a school lab computer by any chance? No, why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) I saw an article about connecting to a Dev Drive (Z:) in a search. You can research the topic "How do I give myself full permissions in Windows 10." Edited January 18, 2022 by ReMark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 44 minutes ago, ReMark said: I saw an article about connecting to a Dev Drive (Z:) in a search. You can research the topic "How do I give myself full permissions in Windows 10." I have a drive connected to My Computer (Windows 10) and DWG True View normally accesses that drive!! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) So, this is an external hard drive and not an internal drive is that correct? If the answer is "Yes" then do a search on "How do I fix Windows not recognizing my external hard drive." Edited January 18, 2022 by ReMark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 16 hours ago, ReMark said: So, this is an external hard drive and not an internal drive is that correct? If the answer is "Yes" then do a search on "How do I fix Windows not recognizing my external hard drive." Hi. Yes it is an external hard drive. I can see it and access it on My Computer. Does not appear in AutoCAD 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Windows updates can affect the performance of old software. See if this helps...How to Make Old Programs Work on Windows 10 (howtogeek.com) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 33 minutes ago, SLW210 said: Windows updates can affect the performance of old software. See if this helps...How to Make Old Programs Work on Windows 10 (howtogeek.com) It was already on compability mode. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) That's the problem when you run an older version of AutoCAD under a newer version of Windows. Everything initially works as planned then one day Microsoft sends out an update which is accepted without question and everything goes to hell. Have you looked at Longbow Converter? https://www.longbowsoftware.com/Converter.php Edited January 19, 2022 by ReMark 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 21 minutes ago, ReMark said: That's the problem when you run an older version of AutoCAD under a newer version of Windows. Everything initially works as planned then one day Microsoft sends out an update which is accepted without question and everything goes to hell. Have you looked at Longbow Converter? https://www.longbowsoftware.com/Converter.php No not yet? It´s not free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 No, Longbow Converter is not free. Can't have everything for nothing now can we? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Truth. We can't, but life would be so much better if everything was free. Rhere is no other solution than to upgrade Autocad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 19 minutes ago, Casusa said: Truth. We can't, but life would be so much better if everything was free. There is no other solution than to upgrade AutoCAD? Upgrading to a newer version of AutoCAD would cost more in the long run than buying Longbow Converter would it not? Anyway, how is it that under your onscreen name it lists "AutoCAD 2016" as your CAD program yet in this post you say you are using AutoCAD 2005? What gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, ReMark said: Upgrading to a newer version of AutoCAD would cost more in the long run than buying Longbow Converter would it not? Anyway, how is it that under your onscreen name it lists "AutoCAD 2016" as your CAD program yet in this post you say you are using AutoCAD 2005? What gives? Company laptop and personal laptop!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Why didn't the company you work for allow you to load AutoCAD 2016 on your laptop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casusa Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 37 minutes ago, ReMark said: Why didn't the company you work for allow you to load AutoCAD 2016 on your laptop? Because it is for my own small business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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