#ECOTECT 5.5 WINDOWS 7#
I just tested EcoTect 5.60 on Windows 7 64-bit beta, and there it works! I have the same registry entries as in Vista (since I also had 5.5 installed here). However, starting a second time it goes back to the bad behaviour again! Now, deleting UsageData in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Ecotect\5.60 makes EcoTect first accept the Exit command, and it closes neatly without having to force it by TaskManager. These are also identical to each other, but hold all RecentFile data, UsageData etc. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Square One\Ecotect\5.5, and There are also corresponding entries for the previously installed and upgraded version 5.5, but in These settings seem to be a copy of the ones above, and they also change with the one above. There is a second, identical, entry in HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-373.\Software\Autodesk\Ecotect\5.60, which should be one of my login IDs where I use EcoTect.
The UsageData is there, but there are only '.' in the RecentFile entries, which would mean that EcoTect is not able to write to this area (yes, it starts with factory settings every time). I will try to give you the picture, so you might find a solution for other Vista users:Īs you said, there is an entry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Ecotect\5.60. My computer has two login identities, so I see more than one entry for EcoTect in the registry.
#ECOTECT 5.5 FULL#
I have full administrator rights, so that should not be a problem. Unfortunately this one is very likely to be operating system and/or account-permission related and quite difficult to track down without involving your systems administrator (if you have one). Of course, if could also be that regedit.exe is on some sort of anti-virus white list, so is allowed to edit whilst Ecotect.exe is not. If it doesn't let you create it, then hopefully it will displaysome sort of error message that might hint at the reason. It should re-create it itself when you next exit.Ĥ. If it is, then it might be corrupted or invalid - so simply delete it and run Ecotect. If it lets you do this, then check if the 'UsageData' key is there. In the context menu select New > Binary Value. If you do find this registry entry, select it and then right-click in an empty area of the right-hand panel. If you find something, check that it is at least in some way Ecotect-related (RecentFile0 also exists, etc).ģ. and enter something unique to Ecotect such as 'ToolbarZone' to search for. In this case, navigate to the top of the registry tree, choose Edit > Find. If this key doesn't exist, then you might have a roaming profile over the network. If so, then Ecotect is able to write to this area of the registry.Ģ. Now check if you have a bunch of settings stored there such as window/dialog positions, recently loaded models, etc. Run regedit.exe and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Ecotect\5.60. I can only think that there is some system policy or anti-virus tool on your computer that is preventing Ecotect from writing binary data to the registry.ġ.
You can use regedit.exe to investigate all the other personal settings stored there.Īs it's your personal area of the registry, you should definitely have write access - otherwise Ecotect would start in it's factory-settings state every time it ran. It is stored as binary data as it's a complex data structure. UsageData is the bit in the About box that shows how many times you have used Ecotect and for how many hours and is stored in your personal area in the System Registry.Įcotect stores the key ' UsageData' in the registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Ecotect\5.60 (or 2009 for people with the latest version). That's interesting - Ecotect should only try to save UsageData when it exits or when you select the File > New Window.
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