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Try and open your Task Manager and check to see if Inventor is running as a background process(es). If it is, terminate it and try to run the application again. Also, your family members can save their work and let you restart the computer, it they care about your exam.
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John Hackney
Retired
Beyond the Drafting Board
I would try and run the application by right clicking on the application exe location and choosing "Run as Administrator". I am grasping at straws here since I do not know your system and how you have it configured.
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John Hackney
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Beyond the Drafting Board
Take a look at this forum post and solution.
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John Hackney
Retired
Beyond the Drafting Board
It really sounds like it is not getting the proper licensing sequence to me. Take a look at these two services also. Make sure they are running also.
To troubleshoot problems like this, you have to take a look at all facets of the workstation. Things like the Windows version and Anti-Virus settings, access to the internet, etc. Licenses do not "permanently" install on your workstation anymore, they must the accessed from your Autodesk Account to be verified occasionally. By the way, if you are running Windows 10, did you install the 19033 developers edition? If so, that could be your issue.
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John Hackney
Retired
Beyond the Drafting Board
I am out of ideas except for one. Try and run the Autodesk Inventor Reset Utility. It is found in the Start list of applications. If you have more than one version of Inventor installed, make sure your select the correct one. Also before running it, go to your Task Manager and make sure Inventor is not running is any way shape or form.
After this, I am out of possible user tests and processes. I have a couple of administrator processes I use with customers but I hesitate to try them with you without seeing your workstation first. Good Luck!
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John Hackney
Retired
Beyond the Drafting Board
Since you marked your forum question with a solution, I am hoping you have your issue solved. Am I correct or are you just being kind?
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John Hackney
Retired
Beyond the Drafting Board
This fixed it. thank you so much. you saved my grade. Here's a picture of my final minus a few revisions I can now make thanks to you. Have a great night.
-Mitchell
For future reference, I've had this happen on a few pc's at work. The fix that I've found is to go to task manager and stop the autodesk licensing service. It will restart by itself the next time you open Inventor and this has worked for me. On a sidenote, there have been a couple of updates to the licensing service that should be downloaded and installed. I don't know for sure if this fixes the issue, but I haven't had any complaints yet after installing the update.
Andrew In’t Veld
Designer
Hi! Likely it is a licensing issue. Log on manage.autodesk.com and check your entitlement. Make sure you do have license to Inventor 2020.
Many thanks!
Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
Software Test Engineer
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