AutoCAD 2014 is not working after installing Windows 8.1

[jldealba]

FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Reading 0x0020 Exception at b0ba4c12h

Ive looked around the forums and cant seem to find a solution. I was running AutoCad on Windows 8 just fine before...

What are my options??

Thank you.

[pendean]

'Remove 8.1' seems to be the current solution for most: it does more than just add a start button.

Autodes Twitter Support seems to think removing all .NET and reinstalling only what AutoCAD needs is an option: worth a try if you have no deadlines due this morning.

[DarrenP]

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@jldealba wrote:

FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Reading 0x0020 Exception at b0ba4c12h

Ive looked around the forums and cant seem to find a solution. I was running AutoCad on Windows 8 just fine before...

What are my options??

Thank you.

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there are several threads on windows 8.1 not working with any autodesk software

only fix is to roll back to windows 8 when it was working

[autocad.phil]

My autocad mech 2014 (with SP1) works just fine/great with the new Win 8.1P. 

With that kind of error message (on previous 8.0), the way i solve it is.... go to the "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\AutoCAD Mechanical 2014 - English" folder and then run the "Reset Settings to Default - AutoCAD Mechanical" shortcut (your path/filename may slightly differ if it's not the Mech version). good luck...

[Anonymous]

did you install SP1? I had no problems running AC2014 on my notebook with new win 8.1. I installed it with automatic download of SP1 in the install options.