{"id":369450,"date":"2024-06-01T00:23:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T00:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/369450\/"},"modified":"2024-06-01T00:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T00:23:56","slug":"369450","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/369450\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: ANSYS Mechanical won&#8217;t open and stays on Blank Gray Screen (Path environment va)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello Gary,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your insights. I&#8217;ve executed the commands you gave me in the cmd prompt, and only the first, second, and last one proved successful (w\/ admin rights).&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3rd, 4th and 5th one encountered an error. It essentially the same message for all of them, with the subtle difference that the error code is &#8220;0x80070005&#8221; for the 3rd one (I&#8217;ll attach this one for reference), and&nbsp; &#8220;0x80004005&#8221; for both 4th and 5th one. I&#8217;ve googled both errors to see what I can do but all the resources that I found presented somewhat equivocal explanation for a tech-layman like me. I hope this at least narrows down the leeway of action to help better identify the source of the problem- if you can provide me with further hints on next steps to carry on from here, it will be much appreciated. Thanks again!&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/01-06-2024-1717200297-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PS: I don&#8217;t if it could be helpful, but here&#8217;s a screenshot of the concerned apps&#8217; status on Windows Defender Firewall, if ever useful.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/01-06-2024-1717201188-mceclip2.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/01-06-2024-1717201182-mceclip1.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-369450","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello Gary,Thank you for your insights. 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