Torsten and others reading this thread,
Please do not do this. Copying shared files to the application root
directory is not good. You will not be able to properly uninstall, install
service packs, some 3rd party application problems, or inability to upgrade
properly. Circumventing the tested and expected installation environment of
AutoCAD just to get side by side will result in a unstable and problematic
installation. I have seen others try and end up pretty frustrated with a
mess.
Sincerely,
Shaan Hurley
Autodesk, Inc.
"Torsten Moses" wrote in message
news:989AAF02C9C21D8A0E1FFAAEF26EF3B9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Hi, Paul,
>
> yes, under some circumstances it is possible to have several Acad's
running
> on
> the same machine, even if Autodesk does not support this (and by using
> "...\Shared Files\Autodesk Shared" they make it nearly impossible)
>
> Usually, it seems, that Acad does not include that path "...\Shared
> Files\Autodesk Shared" in their support pathes - Windows searches this
path
> automatically for files, if Acad is correct installed, and this path
> "...\Shared Files\Autodesk Shared" is declared as a standard path for
> windows. But just this detail may not be fullfilled on all machines (see
the
> messages from this tree), so it is always a good idea to add this path
> "...\Shared Files\Autodesk Shared" and also the Acad root path as Acad's
> search pathes under "Options/Files/Support files".
>
> If you follow my tips from the related message (for 2 or more Acad/LT's
> running on same machine), you will not need to add the Autodesk Shared
path
> as search path, because it is empty then -:)
>
> The tips from my other message is working well, but it needs some more
> efforts for installing the Aacd/LT versions and their pathes ... but once
> you are done it works very fine. The problem is only the "Autodesk Shared"
> folder and its files, that share for all Acad/LTs - so the last Acad/LT
> installed "wins the game" ... but usually, older versions (2000, 2000i)
> should work with those "Autodesk Shared" files from 2002, but SHOULD
>
> My method (moving the shared files into the appropriate Acad root) works
> better (except for MAP, this really needs some files from the Shared
> folder - its programmed little bit dirty).
>
> There is only 1 problem :
> Acad2000 and Acad200i (same with LT 2000 & 2000i) uses identically
registry
> keys - this is intended by Autodesk to prevent even running several Acads
> simultaneously !! But only the SAME language version TOGETHER with SAME
> vertical version share the same registry key : if your are using Acad2000
> 'Vanilla' and Acad200i MAP/MDT/LDT etc., they use different keys.
>
> BUT: even if you are using identical Acad in versions 2000 & 2000i, there
is
> another solution to have both versions running simultaneously ... this
trick
> uses Registry files (*.reg) to switch between both versions.
>
> So please tell me exactly which versions you would like to use, and I can
> give you some more details; and I may then tell you the Registry trick in
> all detaisl (it is to much to explain -:)) ...
>
> Best regards, I hope it works well
> Torsten
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