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Download of AutoCad electrical change my other programs

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Anonymous
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‎07-14-2010 08:19 AM
‎07-14-2010 08:19 AM

Download of AutoCad electrical change my other programs

I downloaded AutoCad Electrical and when it was done I went onto my desktop only to find that a bunch of my icons for other programs had changed to autoCad 2010 icons. Now all downloads I have done previously from AutoDesk will only open AutoCad 2010, not only that, I rebooted my computer and when Winows started up, 37 instances of AutoCad 2010 opened. I went to do a system restore and when I try to open that, guess what opens? AutoCad 2010 !!!! Adn I might add, I have a funny feeling that my security software has been changed aswell so that when I rebooted, it trys to start up with AutoCad!!!!! I had absolutely no problems up untill I downloaded and installed AutoCad Electrical

 

What has happened is for some reason during the installation process, AutoCad changed a bunch of the programs on my computer so that when they try to open they use AutoCad 2010 to open and are treated as if they are DWG files.

 

I have downloaded many products from Autodesk and never had any real issues till this and it has made a mess on my entire computer. Is it possible to change the program that System restore uses to open, back to what it was instead of it trying to use AutoCad?

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TravisNave
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‎07-14-2010 08:43 AM
‎07-14-2010 08:43 AM

Try logging in under a different user or in safe mode and run System Restore direction from C:\Windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe. 



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Anonymous
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‎07-14-2010 09:42 AM
‎07-14-2010 09:42 AM

can a guest user run system restore?

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TravisNave
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‎07-14-2010 09:47 AM
‎07-14-2010 09:47 AM

Not that I know of.  Guest account is generally disabled.  You'll need to logon with a user that has local admin rights.



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‎07-14-2010 10:12 AM
‎07-14-2010 10:12 AM

Ok Travis, It did work. I created a guest account went in and when I went to restore it just asked for the password for the administrator, I put it in and it let me restore. Everything went back to normal accept for the icons, they are still AutoCad2010 but atleast I can use the programs now. Really appreciate the help, I was getting no where with AutoDesk assistance by phone or online.   ThanksMan Very Happy

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TravisNave
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‎07-14-2010 10:14 AM
‎07-14-2010 10:14 AM

My pleasure!  And I can attest to your last fact.  But in their defense, they are getting better.  😉 



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