AutoCAD 2012 new feature: "Reset Settings to Default" is better than sliced bread

The reason this is better than sliced bread is that it provides us a quick way to resolve two type of issues.

One pain point in recent years is the Migrate Settings. You are prompted the first time you open a brand new install to migrate your settings from an older release. When you do this the very first time you run the program and run into problems it provides for painful troubleshooting, because we don't know if it was a bad install or if the migration broke something.

Many times over the years since AutoCAD 2004 I've had to reset he AutoCAD profile back to the default settings and this had to be done manually. Once we had integrated the "Migrate from prior release". It required you edit the Windows Registry (always a risky thing) and removing files and folders of the hard drive.

The "Reset Settings to Default" does what we had to do manually in the past with an option to "backup" your current configuration. This will make things so much better for everyone that has an AutoCAD profile issue.

So, all you do is Exit AutoCAD and click the Windows Start>All Programs>Autodesk>AutoCAD 2012>Reset Settings to Default icon.

Note: The path will be different depending on your Operating System and AutoCAD vertical program.

Select the option to Backup and Reset.

Browse to and save the backup file.

Then you will receive the confirmation dialog.

Now your AutoCAD profile (and files) have been removed. The next time you launch AutoCAD it will kick off the secondary installer just like it did the very first time you ran it. Thank you Autodesk!!!

Comments

[kenshin]

wow, thanks a lot for this info bro. it helps a lot. more power!

[Julie Lund]

Thanks for this info- this is just what we needed to do at the start of a new Semester. Now the teachers is asking - will this work for Inventor also??? Thanks

[Jeff Lotan]

Some of the Autodesk programs have that feature, some do not. I don't have Inventor installed so I couldn't say. If it does, then look in the same place for it.

Best regards,

Jeff Lotan | Solution Center Sr. Technical Support Specialist
IMAGINiT Technologies

[iman]

Thanks a lot man

[Patrik]

Hi!
If i migrate settings i get one .zip file, and if I use reset to default w backup I get a larger .zip file.. Do you know the difference between the two?

Kind regards Patrik

[Kristen L]

Hello!

I'm looking for the setting to TURN OFF the limits around MTEXT that show up when you move the MTEXT. It's kinda annoying!

Thanks for help!
Kristen

[Kristen L]

There is a BOX around the MTEXT when I'm moving it. Does anyone know how to turn that OFF???

[Jeff Lotan]

Patrik,

I'm sorry, no I don't know why there is a difference. Open the .zip files and see what is added/different/new in the larger one.

Jeff Lotan

[Jeff Lotan]

Hi Kristen,

At the command line enter QTEXT and hit enter.
Set it to OFF
Then enter REGENALL at the command line.

The box should be gone from your text now.

Jeff Lotan