{"id":42932,"date":"2020-04-18T15:33:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T15:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/cfx-application-failed-to-connect\/"},"modified":"2020-04-18T15:33:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T15:33:03","slug":"cfx-application-failed-to-connect","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/cfx-application-failed-to-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"CFX Application failed to connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am currently using Ansys 2019 R2 and when I create a Fluid Flow (CFX) and try to enter setup I get this error.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/cc86a905-7f0a-45a6-a0da-aba100fd03a7\/9ab40916-1400-4c2c-8ef7-aba100fea26b_error.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>System.ApplicationException: Application failed to connect.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.CFX.Foundation.App.CUEApplicationProxy.Start(Boolean waitForCommands)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.CFX.CFXCore.App.CFXPreProxy.LoadApplication()<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.CFX.Foundation.Data.CUESourceDataObject.Edit(IFullContext context, Boolean interactive)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Commands.Concurrency.CommandWorkUnit.executeInContext(CommandContext subContext, IExecutionEngineCallback tracer)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Commands.Concurrency.BaseWorkUnit.doExecute(IExecutionEngineCallback executionEngine, CommandContext subContext)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Commands.Concurrency.BaseWorkUnit.Execute(IExecutionEngineCallback executionEngine, Boolean dontCatchExceptions)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Ansys.Core.Commands.CommandFailedException: Application failed to connect.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>CommandName: CFX.EditSetup(Container=&#8221;Setup&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Commands.CommandAsyncResult.RethrowFailureException(Exception e)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Commands.CommandAsyncResult.Wait(Int32 milliSecondsTimeout, Boolean exitContext)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.CFX.CFXCore.Commands.EditSetupCommand.InvokeAndWait(IProtectedContext context, DataContainerReference Container, Boolean Interactive)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.CFX.CFXCore.Commands.EditSetupGui.Invoke(GuiOperationContext context)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.UI.GuiOperationContext.Invoke(GuiOperationMetaData operationData)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.UI.UIManager.InvokeOperationCore(String pseudoname, OperationDelegate callback, Boolean allowOSMessages, Boolean coreTransaction, Boolean deferredRefreshOnly)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried reinstalling Ansys but still get the same results. 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