topic Re: AutoCAD Admin Rights to make changes when opening in AutoCAD Forum

AutoCAD Admin Rights to make changes when opening

bbrooker15 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:48:51 GMT

When I try to open AutoCad or Architecture in a non-admin user account, I get this message:

When I enter the UN & PW, it goes ahead and opens after some configuring. When I click no, it shows this message:

I'm not trying to remove the application. Anyone know what is going on? Thanks.

AllenJessup — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:19:34 GMT

This may mostly be a Windows issue. See if anything HERE helps.

THIS seems to address your issue directly.

paullimapa — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:39:01 GMT

If you want to uninstall AutoCAD 2026, follow the instructions here:

bbrooker15 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:50:55 GMT

Running the script to add the registry key worked. Thank you very much!

bbrooker15 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:53:47 GMT

Thanks for responding. I was able to get it to work with the link from the previous post. By the way, the link you sent said access denied.

paullimapa — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:44:47 GMT

Odd...something is definitely going on with your Windows OS or perhaps you're running an antivirus program that's detecting false positives.

The link goes to an Autodesk page that looks like this:

bbrooker15 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:52:04 GMT

It works. It was due to the device I was on. Thanks.