Are you getting an error that looks like this?
Try these steps:
Run the app named Reset Settings to Default, located alongside AutoCAD in the list of all applications accessed from the Windows Start menu. For example:
- Windows 11: Start > All Apps > AutoCAD 20xx > Reset Settings To Default
- Windows 10: Start > AutoCAD 20xx > Reset Settings To Default
- Windows 7: Start > All Programs > Autodesk > AutoCAD 20xx > Reset Settings To Default
The following shows Reset Settings to Default as it appears in Windows 10 for AutoCAD 2022:
Note: Choose option "Back up and Reset Settings" to back up your current settings in a ZIP file. If needed you can unzip this file and restore formerly customized files back to your APP folder (C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD <version> respectively C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\AutoCAD <version> ). Windows built-in ZIP file handler will not see the content, so a 3rd party zipping utility (e.g. 7-Zip, WinZip, etc.) must be used.
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