Difficulty in running ANSYS Mechanical APDL

- September 13, 2021 at 2:57 pm
  
  squayyum
  Subscriber
  
  I have ANSYS 2021R2 installed along with the license manager. License manager is running, however, I am getting the following errors when I try to run ANSYS Mechanical APDL. Let me know how to resolve this issue.
- September 15, 2021 at 1:01 pm
  
  George Karnos
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hello Shahriar Can you please post the errors as screen shots as we are not permitted to open files.
  Thank You!
- September 15, 2021 at 4:08 pm
  
  squayyum
  Subscriber
  
  Here are the error messages I am getting. Let me know if you can see these.
- September 15, 2021 at 5:31 pm
  
  George Karnos
  Ansys Employee
  
  @squayyum
  Thank You, I can see those!
  How are you starting MAPDL?
  Open a DOS Command Prompt and type in:
  set PATH
  Please post what is returned.
  Also, type in:
  Set a
  post what is returned
  Thank You!
- September 15, 2021 at 5:49 pm
  
  squayyum
  Subscriber
  
  I am starting MAPDL by using the product launcher. This what I get when I type in:
  set PATH:
  C:\Users\Timothy Kohany>set PATH
  Path=C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfram Research\WolframScript\;C:\Python\Python37;C:\Program Files\Calibre2\;C:\Python\Python37\Scripts\;C:\Python\Python37\;C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Local\atom\bin;C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;
  PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
  This is what I get when I type in:
  set a:
  C:\Users\Timothy Kohany>Set a
  ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
  ANSYS190_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v190\ANSYS
  ANSYS202_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v202\ANSYS
  ANSYS212_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v212\ANSYS
  ANSYSLIC_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing
  ANSYSLI_ELASTIC=0
  ANSYSLI_LCP=0
  ANSYS_SYSDIR=winx64
  ANSYS_SYSDIR32=win32
  ANS_OLD_ATTACH=1
  APPDATA=C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Roaming
  AWP_LOCALE190=en-us
  AWP_LOCALE212=en-us
  AWP_ROOT190=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v190
  AWP_ROOT202=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v202
  AWP_ROOT212=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v212
- September 16, 2021 at 1:46 pm
  
  George Karnos
  Ansys Employee
  
  Try to edit your PATH environment variable and cut
  C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;
  from the beginning of the PATH and add it to the end of the PATH so that your PATH starts with:
  C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem......
- September 17, 2021 at 3:47 am
  
  squayyum
  Subscriber
  
  So I have edited the PATH environment variable as instructed. See below when I type in set PATH now. However, I am still having the same errors while launching MAPDL "ANSYS.exe - Entry Point Not Found". Let me know what should be done.
  C:\Users\Timothy Kohany>set PATH
  Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfram Research\WolframScript\;C:\Python\Python37;C:\Program Files\Calibre2\;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Python\Python37\Scripts\;C:\Python\Python37\;C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Local\atom\bin;C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;
  PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
  Set a
  C:\Users\Timothy Kohany>Set a
  ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
  ANSYS190_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v190\ANSYS
  ANSYS202_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v202\ANSYS
  ANSYS212_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v212\ANSYS
  ANSYSLIC_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing
  ANSYSLI_ELASTIC=0
  ANSYSLI_LCP=0
  ANSYS_SYSDIR=winx64
  ANSYS_SYSDIR32=win32
  ANS_OLD_ATTACH=1
  APPDATA=C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Roaming
  AWP_LOCALE190=en-us
  AWP_LOCALE212=en-us
  AWP_ROOT190=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v190
  AWP_ROOT202=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v202
  AWP_ROOT212=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v212
- September 21, 2021 at 11:09 pm
  
  squayyum
  Subscriber
  
  I am still getting the same error after changing the path as instructed. Any inputs how to resolve the issue? Please see below:
  C:\Users\Timothy Kohany>set PATH
  Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolfram Research\WolframScript\;C:\Python\Python37;C:\Program Files\Calibre2\;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Python\Python37\Scripts\;C:\Python\Python37\;C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Local\atom\bin;C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;
  PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
  Set a
  C:\Users\Timothy Kohany>Set a
  ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
  ANSYS190_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v190\ANSYS
  ANSYS202_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v202\ANSYS
  ANSYS212_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v212\ANSYS
  ANSYSLIC_DIR=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing
  ANSYSLI_ELASTIC=0
  ANSYSLI_LCP=0
  ANSYS_SYSDIR=winx64
  ANSYS_SYSDIR32=win32
  ANS_OLD_ATTACH=1
  APPDATA=C:\Users\Timothy Kohany\AppData\Roaming
  AWP_LOCALE190=en-us
  AWP_LOCALE212=en-us
  AWP_ROOT190=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v190
  AWP_ROOT202=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v202
  AWP_ROOT212=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v212