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AutoCAD 2019 Automatic Save File Location Error

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AutoCAD 2019 Automatic Save File Location Error

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Hello everyone, 

 

I am running into a bit of an issue with Autosave with AutoCAD 2019 Education Edition running on a Windows 7 x64 operating system. 

 

A little background story on how AutoCAD was installed was through a imaging process through Microsoft WDS. AutoCAD was installed onto a master image from a deployment package that was created and stored on a server. It was installed through a local "Administrator" account. From there the image was than capture and deployed out through the use of WDS. 

 

In continuation from there, one of my instructor is now having issues with a warning error stating "invalid or read only directory specified for auto-save" which to my understanding is due to students not having permissions to write or read to that specific folder that AutoCAD is trying to auto save to.

 

As I dig further into it, I tried changing the directory to the auto save but somehow its not changing or sticking to what I change it to. 

 

Bottom line is, how do I change the directory of AutoCAD auto save to change to the users temp folder when they log in and start using CAD. Right now its pointing to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp when I want it to be C:\Users\(USERSPROFILE)\Appdata\Local\Temp. Is there anyway I can change that? 

 

What I have done is trying to repair AutoCAD using the repair tool, uninstall it and re-installing it, and manually changing the directory. 

 

Please see my screen shot:

 

AutoSave.PNG 

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated!!! 

 

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> It was installed through a local "Administrator" account.

>> From there the image was than capture and deployed

Well, the folders that are created with that deployment are then locked to the admin-permissions.

 

As you see the automatic save location is not set to the users temp folder, it's set to the administrator's temp folder .. and to that folder the "normal" user does not have access to.

 

You might try a reset settings to default >>>click<<<, hopefully the pre-settings are not already wrong.

 

- alfred -

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Thank for replying @Alfred.NESWADBA.

 

Yes, unfortunately I have tried that resetting AutoCAD back to its defaults, but no luck there as well. I have been battling with AutoCAD deployment with it registering itself to the local administrator account in the registry.

 

Would you by any chance have any other ideas? 

 

Thank you.  

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

when you login as a "normal" user, then reset settings to default, how is the automatic save location defined then?

Does it point again to the administrators user folder?

 

- alfred -

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Anonymous
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@Alfred.NESWADBA Yes I have also tried resetting it under a "normal" user and found out the hard way that by resetting it under a normal users breaks AutoCAD for all users. This following message is what I get when resetting it back to its defaults:

 

Customizationfileloadfailed.PNG

 

From here I had to uninstall AutoCAD and then re-install it back onto the machine. 

 

Thanks again for your replies. 

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

that means you have a lot more troubles than just the user specific profile. I guess that needs more time to find all the positions that point to Admin's registry, folder, ...

I would start to create a new setup image with the tools Autodesk gives you with the setup dialog.

 

Sorry, - alfred -

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