Can't Run A-desk .exe Files

[Anonymous]

I am putting this here because I had issues with install files earlier. Now it is an exe that comes with C3D: Autodesk.Aec.Content.CatalogEditor.exe I thought that was a CAD Manager group, but I guess no longer.

There is something wrong with Autodesk exe's in that they start but stop a few seconds later (you can watch it happen in Task manager).

From Windows Event Viewer, Application, there are four events being logged:

Information:

The Software Protection service has stopped.

Error:

Application: Autodesk.Aec.Content.CatalogEditor.exe

Framework Version: v4.0.30319

Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.

Exception Info: System.IO.FileNotFoundException

Stack:

at Autodesk.Aec.Content.CatalogEditor.App.Main()

Error:

Faulting application name: Autodesk.Aec.Content.CatalogEditor.exe, version: 1.16.0.4, time stamp: 0x52a80cc5

Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.1.7601.18798, time stamp: 0x5507b87a

Exception code: 0xe0434352

Fault offset: 0x000000000001aaad

Faulting process id: 0xcd8

Faulting application start time: 0x01d086ac192556de

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2015\C3D\Autodesk.Aec.Content.CatalogEditor.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll

Report Id: 56fe1194-f29f-11e4-b1b4-002564c0f7b0

Information:

Fault bucket 162640593, type 20

Event Name: APPCRASH

Response: Not available

Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:

P1: Autodesk.Aec.Content.CatalogEditor.exe

P2: 1.16.0.4

P3: 52a80cc5

P4: KERNELBASE.dll

P5: 6.1.7601.18798

P6: 5507b87a

P7: e0434352

P8: 000000000001aaad

P9:

P10:

Attached files:

C:\Users\wudar\AppData\Local\Temp\WERF008.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml

These files may be available here:

C:\Users\wudar\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_Autodesk.Aec.Con_e9ae572303e9b5b259e62e19fadb53dba2d97c0_13b8034a

Analysis symbol:

Rechecking for solution: 0

Report Id: 56fe1194-f29f-11e4-b1b4-002564c0f7b0

Report Status: 0

Please advise. I need to be able to run A-desk exe's. Files from Autodesk are the only files I have ever experienced this with on this machine, or ever.

Civil 3D 2015 SP2

Windows 7 Enterprise SP1

THANKS

[TravisNave]

This is likely a problem with your Windows profile.  You might try logging in as another user and see if the software launches.  If so, you should rebuild your Windows profile for your login.

[Anonymous]

You may be right. I ran into this problem first when I installed the product, and somewhere along the line I somewhat corrupted my user profile. Not to the point that I cannot work, but I see things like Windows not remembering the default browser. I have never, in dozens of installs, had issues like I did with this version of C3D (Infrastructure Suite).

However, to solve *today's* problem, I did create a local profile, using my same login name, but prefixed with the local domain instead of network. No joy. I tried to log into the local account in Safe Mode, no. I tried disabling Eset AV and restarting, but that that didn't work either.

I will try creating an all new profile and report back.

thanks.

[Anonymous]

Nope.

I created a new, unique profile on the local domain and tried to run Autodesk.Aec.Content.CatalogEditor.exe and after two or three seconds it just dissappears, same as everything else I have tried.

I also looked into whether Windows was having trouble validating the digital signature, but disabling all that security made no difference.

The other thing I tried was both a MrFixtIt and a manual regedit to check on HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exe and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile, but this didn't waork. And I didn't expect it to - it's only Autodesk exe's, not *every* exe that won't run. Everything else works fine.

I don't get it. I've never really ran into this (ever? I must have in all these years, but I don't remember a specific instance) where an exe runs for two seconds then kills - until I installed C3D/Infrastructure Suite. And now I'm seeing it again trying to run this exe provided as a utility in the installed package.

[TravisNave]

No clue.  Make sure you have local admin rights, UAC off, and anti-virus disabled.  It's odd that it is only the Autodesk files with the issue.

[Anonymous]

yes, it is bizarre. I can't recall a definite time I have had this happen before, Autodesk or anything. I've tried all of those things, nothing worked. I am getting a new machine soon, I'm hoping a fresh install on a fully capable machine (what I am using is just barely) will go well.

[EricPrice35]

I am having the exact same problem.  the Autodesk.Aec.Content.CatalogEditor.exe worked just fine in my 2014 and 2015.  I could just click on it and it opened up.  Now it immediately goes to, "Program stopped working... Check interent for solution" then it just shuts down.

I am completely lost.  How can AutoCAD completely lose the ability to use the Catalog editor....  Do I need to reinstall 2014???  Is it a pathing issue?  What other files could I use to open a SQLite file or the CatalogEditor.exe???  All i needed to do was relabel an inside pipe editor to print a send of plans hahaha.  This is rough!!