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Start Mode is read-only

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Anonymous
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Start Mode is read-only

Trying to get my start tab back and it says to change start mode value to 1 instead of 0. However my start mode is set to read-only and neither myself or our AutoCAD guru can figure out how to fix that.

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Message 2 of 13
gaurav.satalkar
in reply to: Anonymous

Hello,

 

You will have to make this change in your registry: Change the value to 1.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R21.0\ACAD-0005\Variables\*DISPLAYSTARTTAB

 

Follow this AKN article:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to...

 

Hope this solves your problem.

 

Please ACCEPT AS SOLUTON if this works

Thank You,



Gaurav Satalkar

QA Engineer

Message 3 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: gaurav.satalkar

That is the first thing I did however it did not resolve the issue. Also I only have R22.0 not R21.0, not sure if that makes a difference.

 

Message 4 of 13
gaurav.satalkar
in reply to: Anonymous

Then you need to make the change under R22. Also set the Startmode, after changing the registry key.
You can try that and restart your product.

Hope this works.

Thank you


Gaurav Satalkar

QA Engineer

Message 5 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: gaurav.satalkar

Had to restart my machine but it worked! Thank you much.

Message 6 of 13
CNinBC
in reply to: gaurav.satalkar

Hi @gaurav.satalkar , 

 

we are having this issue on our C3D 2019, the start-up page won't load, and the "StartMode" is set to "0" and readonly. Even if I change that to "1" in the registry, reboot computer, and relaunch C3D, it will revert it back to "0". any suggestion?

 

Thanks.

2019 Start Up Page1.PNG2019 Start Up Page2.PNG

Message 7 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: CNinBC

Make sure you are making this change from 0 to 1 in the HKEY registry (on your machine) AND in the command line (in autocad) type in STARTMODE and make the change there as well. Then power off and back on.

Message 8 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: CNinBC

Sorry, forgot to clarify getting to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE go to start bar and type in regedit.

Message 9 of 13
CNinBC
in reply to: Anonymous

Thanks @Anonymous  for your reply, however, I don't think that is going to work.

first, I changed "StartMode" from 0 to 1 in Registry, but as soon as I re-launch C3D 2019, that key will revert back to 0,

and there is no way in C3D to set "StartMode" to "1" as it's read-only, as you can see on that image.

Message 10 of 13
CNinBC
in reply to: Anonymous

is that key under local_machine?

I changed the one under "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R23.0\ACAD-2000:409\Profiles\PROFILENAME\Variables"

Message 11 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: CNinBC

My exact path:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R22.0\ACAD-1005\Variables\*DISPLAYSTARTTAB

Set (default) to 1

Message 12 of 13
CNinBC
in reply to: Anonymous

thanks @Anonymous , the issue has been resolved, the registry does allow the "StartMode" to be writeable.

the issue was caused by the deployment package, IT didn't select the "Display start tab" when they created the deployment, mine was the first test machine and installed manually.

 

2019 Start Up Page3.PNG

Message 13 of 13

and where is that in autocad for mac? :slightly_smiling_face:

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