installing proe2001in win2000

[sansvk]

Hi,
Recently I upgraded my system from 98 to 2000 Prof using the upgrade option.
Since then I am not able to run Proe2001.A black screen appears and then it disappears.
please do help.Is it a problem with the installation of win2000?

sansvk

 

[edo7777]

it's the same that is happening to me! :-(

I got my Proe2001 working on win2000, decided to upgrade DIRECTX and what happens is application opening and immediately closing, with a black screen appearing and closing..

:-( :-(

no one can help us? thanks!

 

[looslib]

Read the FAQ on installing Pro2001 on an upgraded system. Their is a system environment variable that is carried over from Win9x code that has ProE thinking you are installing on a Win9X system, not W2K.



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Ben Loosli
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Ingersoll-Rand

 

[edo7777]

I had the same problem with my ProE running under win2000.

The solution in my case was to change the config.pro at the option Graphics. In my case Tofflemire (thanks so much guy!)
told to set it as

GRAPHICS win32_gdi

instead of

GRAPHICS opengl.

The graphic is slower, but it works. Waiting for a better fix!
Thanks,
Edo

 

[HotSteam]

I have it running on win2000 and 98. But on my 98 when I updated explorier and it quit working. The update had changed my path evniorment variable and my pro/E directory(folder) was no longer in the path. Fixed autoexec.bat or on win2000 you need to fix DOS.BAT(I think) to have your pro/e directory in the path enviorment variable. Remark out the echo off commands in you proe startup.bat file and you can see what is happing. The proe icon will be pointing at the .bat file you need to look at. On win2K you may need to changes some window properties as well to see batch file as it executes.
When I went to win2K I reinstaled it from scratch and have had no problems. That may be the easier way to go.

However a reinstall did not fix the path problem I had on win98.

Andy

 

[edo7777]

Hi Hotsteam,
I searched my pc (win2000) for my DOS.bat, but does not exist any file like that one on my pc. autoexec.bat is a white paper.

Anyway I tried to put the "echo on" in the proe2001.bat batch file, both deleting the line, both writing "@echo on"; but as I try to modify, ProE2001 does not start anymore. I retry with the original batch, and ProE starts..

Any suggestion on how to check environment variables?
Thanks,
Edo

 

[iamcanuck550]

Hi there,

I'm having a problem with my Video Card and Pro/E 2001. I have a ATI FireGL E1 card, and have installed the driver that PTC certifies (also tried the latest driver available from DELL) and when an assembly and multiple parts of the assembly are open, the CPU maxes out during rotating, zooming, panning operations done on the model. When I disable the video card in Pro/E (Graphics to win32_gdi) works fine. Anyone have any ideas?

Matt

 

[TXS]

In Win2000 to check the environment variables goto Control panel ==> System ==> Advanced ==> Environment Variables

Mark Megarity

http://www.txsdesign.com/

 

[HotSteam]

Thanks TXS

edo7777, Sorry I didn't get back to you. Our network was up and down last week. TXS is correct. The initial command prompt enviorment variables are set up through the control pannel in win 2K. Sorry for the mis info there. Hope that the path is/was your problem.

Use "rem" in front of commands you wont to remark out.

rem @echo off

will disable the "@echo off" command in the .bat file.