topic Re: open command does not give me a window in AutoCAD Forum

open command does not give me a window

mechdesign21 — Mon, 22 May 2023 17:15:09 GMT

Why would my open command start doing this. makes it very hard to find a drawing. did i make this happen somehow?

Thank so much in advanced. I have no idea how i accomplished this, It just started like magic. I would like to have a window like always had when i type open or utilize the open command.

Re: open command does not give me a window

DarrenP — Mon, 22 May 2023 17:40:42 GMT

type filedia then 1

Re: open command does not give me a window

user181 — Mon, 22 May 2023 17:40:50 GMT

Set FILEDIA to 1

Re: open command does not give me a window

paullimapa — Mon, 22 May 2023 18:33:29 GMT

in addition to the other's answers you can also at this point hit the ~ key & then Enter key on the keyboard to bring up the window.

Re: open command does not give me a window

nrz13 — Mon, 22 May 2023 19:17:56 GMT

The fix has already been reported here, but to answer your question on how it happened, it is most likely a bug in AutoCAD. It could be an issue with a custom LISP, if you use those, but our LISPs do not have any trouble and this glitch still pops up from time to time.

I would suggest entering SYSVARMONITOR at the command line and setting a watch for FILEDIA to see when it gets changed. It should alert you if it's changed and then you can maybe get an idea of what caused it.

Re: open command does not give me a window

mechdesign21 — Mon, 22 May 2023 20:45:11 GMT

thanks so much your awsome

Re: open command does not give me a window

mechdesign21 — Mon, 22 May 2023 20:47:15 GMT

I guess filedia is the file dialog box. thanks so much!!!