AutCad LT 2005 Locks Up when attempt to open Layers.

[mweng7]

Need some help.  This morning I opened AutoCad LT 2005 and was going to print a map with multiple layers.  Everytime I tried to open the layers tool AutoCad LT 2005 would lock up.  I would go to the task manager and it showed that it was still running but I could not do anything in the program.  I closed Autocad LT from the task manager and opened up a blank document and tried to view layers and it locked up once again.  I re-installed AutoCad LT 2005 from original disk and still I have the same behavior.  What is going on?

[Charles_Shade]

Look at Windows System Restore and see if anything changed on the computer overnight or in the last day or two.

Do you see the Layer Manger window?

Did you run a Registry Cleaner on the OS?

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[mweng7]

System restore point last evening.  Nothing seemingly abnormal.  Have not recently registry cleaned the system.  I see the layers dropdown box on the toolbar.  If I click the layers propery manager to the left, Autocad locks up.  Again, I've renistalled from original disk

[Charles_Shade · Accepted solution]

Have you applied this patch too?

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=4598416&linkID=9240818

When you say nothing abnormal on the Restore does it show any .NET updates in the last few days?

Remove Autodesk Products:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?linkID=9240817&id=2887771&siteID=123112

[mweng7]

After I had the trouble I looked for an update.  I found the Service Pack 1 update - I did NOT have that previously installed.  I installed it, but did not completely uninstall Autocad before I updated.  I'll attempt that now - wipe system of AutoCad and re-install from disk then Service Pack 1

[mweng7]

How do I check for .NET changes ?

[Charles_Shade]

That would show up in the History for the System Restore.

I've had trouble with .NET updates in the past and generally apply them one at a time when they come up.

[mweng7]

Did the complete Uninstall mentioned in the second article / then reinstalled both from disk and updated Service Pack 1 and solved the problem!  A "regular" uninstall would not work.  Not sure what caused the problem.  Thank you very much very your time. 

[Charles_Shade]

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Glad to help and that you got LT 2005 going again.