AutoCAD Civil 3D

[#1]

I am running Civil 3d 2012 on Windows 7 32bit machine. Civil 3d crashed with error message not enough memory. I restarted machine, cold boot, now when i launch Civil 3D it gets to opening drawing c:\users\smh\appdata\local\autodesk\c3d2012\enu\template\_autocad civil 3d (imperial) ncs.dwt. and just hangs with the scoll bar periodically scrolling across the lower right hand corner.

This is really frustrating. Any suggestions.

[#2]

start with clearing out your temporary file directory - use windows explorer and "%temp%" (no quotes) as a shortcut to your user temp files.  select all and delete.

[#3]

check and see if you have your printers. if not restart the print spooled service this is an anoying problem. mostly with HP universal drivers and Adobe products.

[#4]

Process Monitor (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645) from Microsoft can be used to help diagnose what is going on with Civil 3D during launch.

[#5]

tried the temp folder delete, but there are many folders with some old dates, and in one case when i tried to delete it said it's a shared folder and if i delete it it will no longer be shared. I don't know enough about the workings here so i canceled the delete operation. There is an etransmit () dwt that keeps showing up in the temp folder after trying to launch autocad civil 3d. I also have AutoCAD Map 3D 2012 on the same machine and it hangs when trying to load the map2d.dwt template.

Both programs are part of the AutoCAD infrastructure design suite.

[#6]

the link is bad, got another one?

[#7]

got the link to work, sorry

[#8]

Our office has had the same issue happen off and on.  I have tried every solution and they have worked but temporarily.

Is there a new Service pack coming or does anyone know how to fix this for good???

JB

[#9]

1. From START>RUN and type REGEDIT

2. In Registry editor, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R19.0\ACAD B000:409\CadManagerControl\CommunicationCenter

3. Then find EnableCommunicationCenter on the right side, select it and set Value Data to 0 (to disble).

4. Restart Civil 3D

[#10]

That is done and it hung up this morning for the first time since I made the change...

JB