AutoCAD not installing to Win10

[Anonymous]

Hello, everybody. I'm a freshman engineering student in northeast Ohio, and I just bought a computer for school and AutoCAD (parents PC downstairs doesn't run it particularly well.) My new PC came with Windows 10. I've been learning and using on a student version of AutoCAD 2014, attempted to install it on the computer, and it didn't work. I looked it up, and apparently there are no plans to nsupport AutoCAD 2014 on Windows 10. Irritating, but understandable, considering the software is two years older than the operating system. I then read that AutoCAD 2016 potentially works with Win10, and Autodesk is working with Microsoft for full support.

I tried this time to install AutoCAD 2016. I used the download manager, successfully downloaded, then when I install, it fails almost immediately. I read that it's not always successful, and that a common, reliable workaround was to use the virtual agent to directly download the software, then install. So I tried that, and it failed, exactly as before.

I can appreciate that Autodesk is currently striving for full Windows 10 support, but I need a solution sooner, as I'm on a pretty tight schedule with school.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

welcome @Anonymous.autodesk.com!

I gues that link >>>click<<< might be helpful as it gives you info's about KB's to install, it that does not work the most secure way would be to downgrade (install Windows 7 or 8.1).

Good luck, - alfred -

[pendean]

Whip out Dad's credit card and buy this fix for now http://www.longbowsoftware.com and see if that helps.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, but paying an additional $80 for a six-year-old operating system or an unlicensed converting software (I'm installing 64-bit AutoCAD anyway, for obvious reasons) are not solutions to me. It is not as simple as "whipping out dad's credit card." I appreciate the suggestions, but unless I get a concrete solution for installing 64-bit AutoCAD 2016 on Windows 10, I'm out of luck.

It seems the general issue is not having .NET 4.6 installed. My OS is 100% up to date, and apparently the August 31st update included .NET 4.6. The only other way to ensure my .NET framework is up to date is seemingly to purcahse the newest version of Visual Studio... again, not an option, because I'm making monthly payments on this computer that I bought for school, and school itself.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> It seems the general issue is not having .NET 4.6 installed

If you have Windows 10 then you have .NET Framework 4.6 already installed (Windows 10 would not start without that).

>> but unless I get a concrete solution for installing 64-bit AutoCAD 2016 on Windows 10, I'm out of luck.

Have you read the link to the article I provided? If so and if you have read the link and you have installed the KB's AutoCAD 2016 should be installable and working.

- alfred -

[JDMather]

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@Anonymous wrote:

.... I'm a freshman engineering student ....

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What area of engineering?

If Mechanical Engineering, Autodesk Inventor would be a more appropriate MCAD software for the major and can save to *.dwg files for those still using AutoCAD.

And - it is supported on Windows 10!