Repeat External Command

Repeat External Command

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Repeat External Command

Anonymous
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I CAN'T FIX COMMAND FILEDIA, IT'S ALLWAYS IN <0> AND I HAVE TO CHANGE TO <1> EVERY DAY 10 OR 20 TIMES. IS IT A WAY TO LEAVE THIS IN <1> LIKE NORMAL? THANKS A LOT

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

welcome @Anonymous.autodesk.com!

 

First guess is you have a tool, an application or a script running which turns FILEDIA off, but then not back to ON.

SystemVariables not restored to the original value happens also sometimes if you start LISP-tools (e.g. like MVSETUP sometimes PICKFIRST will be set to 0 and not back to it's previous value) and you interrupt the execution with <ESC> instead of going through the command until completed normally.

 

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h_s_walker
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Welcome to the Forums


Sounds like you have a corrupted registry setting

 

This is where you need to look in the registry. Obviously the red text will be different for you

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD LT\R17\ACADLT-A001:409\FixedProfile\General Configuration

 

There should be a DWORD value there called FileDialog. It needs to be set to 1

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Anonymous
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Do you have any customization for AutoCAD?  Apply the below to the end of your startup LSP routine.

 

(setvar "filedia" 1)

 

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pendean
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If the registry edit tip above did not work, and you are running a current version of AutoCAD, turn on SYSMON (set it to 2) and AutoCAD will notify you immediately after it is changed then you can figure out what tool/function turned it off for you.
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