AutoCAD 2013/2014 DWG Format

[#1]

I get the following error message when I try to start AutoCAD 2013 as a user.

Error 1325. 'username' is not a valid short file name.

It runs fine as Administrator.

We are on a domain with roaming profiles.

Windows 7 64 bit.

Any suggestions??

[#2]

Hi,

is it the first time you start AutoCAD with your account?

If you look into the folder C:\USERS ==> do you see your account-name here? Do you have full access-rights within your folder?

Some reports out in the www say you have to update the "Windows Installer" but I would first as the admin, if you can have (for a short test-time) full local admin-rights, then also turn off UAC and try again.

- alfred -

[#3]

Hopefully will have time next week to try "full local admin rights". Will see what happens then. Thanks.

[#4]

We are now seeing the same thing on our users.  We have the same setup as you, except we are using folder redirection rather than roaming profiles.  Did you ever find a solution to this?

[#5 · Accepted solution]

Try the following tip:

http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/msi-error-1325-username-is-not-a-valid-short-file-name-tip6686

Vladimir Michl, www.cadstudio.cz

[#6]

Sorry, no we havn't yet found a workable solution. Currently we are still using 2012.

sundermannc wrote:

We are now seeing the same thing on our users.  We have the same setup as you, except we are using folder redirection rather than roaming profiles.  Did you ever find a solution to this?

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[#7]

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vmichl wrote:

Try the following tip:

http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/msi-error-1325-username-is-not-a-valid-short-file-name-tip6686

Vladimir Michl, www.cadstudio.cz

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We are certainly going to look into this as an option.

[#8]

Just to update future readers of this thread, this solution did work for me.  Thank you!

[#9]

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vmichl wrote:

Try the following tip:

http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/msi-error-1325-username-is-not-a-valid-short-file-name-tip6686

Vladimir Michl, www.cadstudio.cz

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Finally got time to try this and it was successful, thanks very much.