{"id":161999,"date":"2023-01-25T07:28:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T07:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-will-ansys-spaceclaim-not-launch\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:36:15","slug":"why-will-ansys-spaceclaim-not-launch","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/why-will-ansys-spaceclaim-not-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Why will ANSYS SpaceClaim not launch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aside from the various license issues there is an ANSYS SpaceClaim settings &#038; preferences folder stored in the temporary files. However, if this becomes corrupted (usually due to a system crash while the file is in use) ANSYS SpaceClaim will not launch.  Type %appdata% into the Windows Explorer panel and you&#8217;ll see an Ansys folder and a SpaceClaim folder. Open the SpaceClaim folder and rename the &#8220;SCDM19.x&#8221; folder as &#8220;oldSCDM19.x&#8221;.  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