@Anonymous,
Great question, thanks for posting this it's a great question for a solution. That looks like a mess in your command line, for certain. There is another way to reset your profile and one that certainly works better than the stock "Reset Settings To Default" option (btw, I've noticed resets the profile to an AutoCAD profile rather than a Civil 3D profile).
This method does require that you edit one registry setting so it is a bit more advanced but it is a "bombproof" way to reset the user profile as it invokes a "mini-installer" the next time Civil 3D is launched and in turn recreates the factory profiles local/ roaming profiles and maintains consistency in a better way than the other option.
You may have already reinstalled and as @Pointdump has said a "repair" is another option, but before those nuclear options are taken, try this. This also works when corruption/ customization creates issues with the profiles. Let us know how it goes.
Issue:
| You have a situation where a single user is experiencing an issue with a particular command or setting. When another user logs onto the same machine, they do not experience the same issue. |
Solution:
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Important: Make sure you back up any customized Civil 3D 2018 files before you implement the following procedure and you will need admin privileges to do this.
- Log on to the computer as that user.
- On the Start menu (Windows), click Run.
- In the Run dialog box, enter regedit.
- In the Registry Editor, browse to the following key and delete it:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R22.0\ACAD-1000:409
(Note: the last three number can vary depending on the product language you have installed. "409" is the language code for English international for example.)
- Close the Registry Editor.
- Using Windows Explorer, browse to and delete the following user's application folders:
For Windows 7
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\C3D 2018
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\C3D 2018
- Start Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018. This will initiate the secondary installer, re-creating the deleted files and folders.
Warning!
Problems caused by improperly editing the Windows registry could render your computer operating system unusable. Microsoft provides a wealth of critical information that you need to know about the registry in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/.
Use the Microsoft® Registry Editor only at your own risk and only after backing up the registry as well as the system.dat and user.dat files as outlined for your operating system in the Microsoft Knowledge Base and in the related solution, Back up system registry. Additional information about the registry is also contained in the Help topics in the Microsoft Registry Editor. |
Copper Chadwick
Designated Support Specialist
