Load vanilla AutoCAD profile at startup

[Cosmic Traveller]

Hi! I'm trying to have my profile load on startup but am unable to do that. In 2006 you just had to go into the startup file for acad & type your Profile name in the double brackets. I am not able to do that now. It keeps on loading Mechanical desktop default application instead of the Vanilla version so I have to go into "Profiles" & set my .arg file to current user. Any Ideas! TIA!
Paul Rymal
Prosolve Consulting Ltd.

[Ed Jobe]

Did you use the /p switch in the shortcut? I'm not sure about MDT, but with ADT, as soon as you issue certain commands, e.g. Layer Manager, the aec arx's will demand load. This is because you are not just using plain acad with some addons. Nowdays, the vertical apps are their own applications. The profiles then, are really just for storing toobar config, etc.

[BrenBren]

Hi! I'm trying to have my profile load on startup but am unable to do that. In 2006 you just had to go into the startup file for acad & type your Profile name in the double brackets. I am not able to do that now. It keeps on loading Mechanical desktop default application instead of the Vanilla version so I have to go into "Profiles" & set my .arg file to current user. Any Ideas! TIA!
Paul Rymal
Prosolve Consulting Ltd.

the /p switch.. for example, this is mine

"C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Acadm 2007\acad.exe" /p Brenda /nologo

[BrenBren]

Did you use the /p switch in the shortcut? I'm not sure about MDT, but with ADT, as soon as you issue certain commands, e.g. Layer Manager, the aec arx's will demand load. This is because you are not just using plain acad with some addons. Nowdays, the vertical apps are their own applications. The profiles then, are really just for storing toobar config, etc.

I think the verticals contain both versions of tools such as the layer manager - at least Mechanical does. I would have AMLAYER and LAYER

[Ed Jobe]

Not with ADT, due to AIA layer standards.

[BrenBren]

Not with ADT, due to AIA layer standards.

Interesting... I did not know that

[Ed Jobe]

Interesting... I did not know that

And I assumed MDT would be similar to ADT. So were even.

[Cosmic Traveller]

Thanks Everybody! That was it! /p! How do people come up with these fixes I'll never know, but sure am grateful. Have a good one!
Paul Rymal