Topic: Kill the InfoCenter in 2008?

[KewlToyZ]

I can do a reg file like this:

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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R17.1\ACAD-6006:409\Applications\InfoCenterAcConn]
"LOADCTRLS"=dword:00000000
"LOADER"="C:\\Program Files\\AutoCAD MEP 2008\\AcInfoCenterConn.DLL"
"DESCRIPTION"="AutoCAD InfoCenterAcConn addin"
"MANAGED"=dword:00000001
I was wondering how to do it with the acad.lsp file if possible?

[ronjonp]

Something like this? Where XXX is your value...

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      (setq HKLM (strcat "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\"
(vlax-product-key)
"\\Applications\\InfoCenterAcConn"
)
      )
      (vl-registry-write HKLM "LOADCTRLS" XXX)
      (vl-registry-write HKLM "LOADER" XXX)
      (vl-registry-write HKLM "DESCRIPTION" XXX)
      (vl-registry-write HKLM "MANAGED" XXX)

[KewlToyZ]

I tried it a few different ways and didn't have any luck.
So I tried another route:

We use a standard .bat file to handle workstation modifications when logging into our network domain.

An example of what we ended up using:

 

REM -------- MEP Implementation File Copy Dialogs -----------

if not exist "c:\_MEP" mkdir "C:\_MEP"

if not exist "c:\_MEP\support" mkdir "c:\_MEP\Support"

if not exist "C:\_MEP\Autosave" mkdir "C:\_MEP\Autosave"

if not exist "C:\_MEP\Logs" mkdir "C:\_MEP\Logs"

if not exist "C:\_MEP\Temp" mkdir "C:\_MEP\Temp"

if not exist "C:\_MEP\XREF Temp" mkdir "C:\_MEP\XREF Temp"

 

if not exist "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\MEP.lnk" copy /Y "\\myserver05\AutoCAD\_MEP\MEP.lnk" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\MEP.lnk"

if not exist "C:\_MEP\Support\MdiTab17.arx" copy /Y "\\myserver05\AutoCAD\_MEP\MdiTab17.arx" "C:\_MEP\Support"

 

if exist "C:\Program Files\AutoCAD MEP 2008\acad.exe" regedit.exe /s AutoCAD-InfoCenterRemoveFromRegistry.reg

 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The text file saved as a .reg file:


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R17.1\ACAD-6006:409\Applications\InfoCenterAcConn]

"LOADCTRLS"=dword:00000000

"LOADER"="C:\\Program Files\\AutoCAD MEP 2008\\AcInfoCenterConn.DLL"

"DESCRIPTION"="AutoCAD InfoCenterAcConn addin"

"MANAGED"=dword:00000001


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

That’s all it took, problem solved without redoing 85+ workstation installations J

 

[ronjonp]

If you are deleting registry keys, you can use the - path like so to take em all out at once  .

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R17.1\ACAD-6006:409\Applications\InfoCenterAcConn]

Ron

[MP]

If you are deleting registry keys, you can use the - path like so to take em all out at once ...

Forgive me for cutting in Ron but my conscience is forcing my hand ...

Just a quick warning to the general reading community -- be very careful when using potentially destructive and difficult to recover from code / techniques like this. Efficient? Yes. Dangerous? Yes.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled mania.

[ronjonp]

Deleting random registry keys is dangerous? 

[MP]

Is that a rhetorical question? 

[daron]

Wouldn't just renaming the offending commcntr.dll files suffice? worked for me. Stopped it from crashing too.

[KewlToyZ]

Deleting files or keys usually causes more hangs, especially when the main profile uses a network based customization structure.
I didn't delete, I just set one key to Zero. If only it were that easy to add zero's to my paycheck  :ugly:

[ronjonp]

Deleting files or keys usually causes more hangs, especially when the main profile uses a network based customization structure.
I didn't delete, I just set one key to Zero. If only it were that easy to add zero's to my paycheck  :ugly:

So this would not do it?

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(vl-registry-write
  (strcat "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\"
  (vlax-product-key)
  "\\Applications\\InfoCenterAcConn"
  )
  "LOADCTRLS"
  0
)