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Kann den Geometrie-Editor nicht starten. is obtained.  1) Check that the graphics card driver is up to date. 2) Unconfigure and re-configure the product and CAD installation with &#8220;Product &#038; CAD Configuration&#8221; tool available from the Start menue. 3) Is the issue user specific, i.e. try with a different user login? a) open %APPDATA% and rename or remove the directory &#8220;Ansys&#8221; b) open %TEMP% and rename or remove the directory &#8220;.ansys&#8221; c) restart WB and try to open DM again d) if the above does not help, re-create the user profile on the Windows machine 4) check Firewall and virus scanner settings, or deactivate temporarily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-161976","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-2019-r3","topic-tag-designmodeler","topic-tag-designmodeler-sys","topic-tag-dm","topic-tag-installation-licensing-systems","topic-tag-n-a","topic-tag-product-specific-issue","topic-tag-workbench"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This Solution describes how to fix the issue when DM on Windows does not start and the following WB error message AnsysWBU.exe encountered a problem. 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