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[l_koers]

Dear all,

A few weeks ago, I somehow became unable to start the fluent launcher I had pinned to the windows taskbar. It started to give me the following error:

[Rob]

The launcher is C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v212\fluent\ntbin\win64\fluent.exe If you're missing dll's then it may be something else has overwritten some of the common files. This seems to be becoming a more common issue as other software providers overwrite common files rather than including their own.

[l_koers]

Hi Rob Thank you for your reply.
It helps that the cause of the problem might be more clear, but I'm not sure how to proceed.
I forgot to mention that CFX launcher worked fine and it seems to be a Fluent-related problem. I've uninstalled everything and installed Fluent and SpaceClaim only, but the problem persists.
If I take a look at the target destination of the Fluent shortcut, the target is ""C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v211\fluent\ntbin\win64\fluent.exe" -r21.1.0 -shortcut". If I remove "-shortcut" or " -r21.1.0 -shortcut" from that target destination, it launches fluent in local parallel mode.

[Rob]

Does that launch the launcher so you can set parallel options etc or launch the solver directly?

[l_koers]

It launches Fluent in meshing mode. If I switch to solutions mode its in 3d, double precision, local parallel mode.
So no Fluent launcher to adjust any settings

[Rob]

What happens if you click on "Solution" in the top left? It sounds like you used Fluent Meshing and need to open the solver.

[l_koers]

Hi Rob I got the following suggestion from the firm that sells and consults in Ansys in the Netherlands.
It took them a few weeks, but it probably had something to do with a permission issue for a folder. I was asked to run the code below in the windows command prompt:
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setlocal

pushd .

cd /d"%appdata%"

ifexist Launcher(

move Launcher Launcher%time::=%

)

cd /d"%localappdata%"

ifexist Launcher(

move Launcher Launcher%time::=%

)

popd

mkdir c:\zansys1

set homedrive=c:

set homepath=\zansys1

"C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v211\fluent\ntbin\win64\fluent.exe" -r21.1.0 -shortcut

endlocal
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I'm don't understand the specifics but I've got access to the Fluent launcher again.

[Rob]

That looks like it's removing the %appdata% folder - it's a common fix when the software does something weird. Roughly the %appdata% holds the user settings and can get messed up, so removing it means the software recreates the folder without the rubbish.

[l_koers]

Thanks for clarifying Rob!