Mardie Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 See attached error message. This comes up about every week in the few months. Tech support told me to uninstall and reinstall. I have done it at least 10 times. Anyone else having this problem. I'm on x9 and have been a Chief Architect user for at least 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownTiger Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Somebody posted this before as well... But check to see if the listed DLL was corrupted and has 0 bytes size/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 What version of Windows are you using? Updating your signature with your system info may help get to the bottom of your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwdozier Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Known issue. Not McAfee. Who knows what causes this? I uninstalled X5 64 bit and reinstalled X5 32 bit and have not had the issue again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Some AV programs may think a dll is a threat and will consequently take action to prevent it from executing. If that's the case then setting an exemption in the AV software should solve that problem. Note that you would need to set up the exemption after the Chief install and before the AV software performs a scan. I make sure that any exe's and dll's for legitimate apps (not just Chief) are exempted in my AV software. That's just a good practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNWArchitect Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I'm having the same issue (different .dll file - see attachment) - Any quick fix? I'm dead in the water with a full in-box! I uninstalled my McAffee completely because I couldn't figure out how to do the 'exemption' Joe mentions Nor do I understand the "Updating your signature..." comment as well. ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED! Windows 10 / Chief X9 CAError_101517.docx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 CAModel is one of Chief's DLLs that is needed to run the program. Try uninstalling Chief and then reinstalling it. If that does not solve your problem, then you will probably need to contact tech support tomorrow during normal business hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNWArchitect Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Thanks Dermot, I did just that after my posting. Everything is working fine, for now... Any ideas why these .dll files get corrupted? Tech support blamed McAfee (I removed it earlier) Frustrating! I'd hate to have to go back to ACAD due to Chief's 'instability' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 We believe the problem is the virus protection software, not Chief. We are working with them to try and correct the problem. If you need additional help, please feel free to contact tech support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I for one have never been happy with McAfee. Their AV is extremely aggressive and often blocks legitimate software. I use Avast or Eset and have no problems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 yep never had that problem with "Eset" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNWArchitect Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I thought anti-virus programs were "on our side" so to speak. Unfortunately, a few years ago my BitDefender AV software corrupted my user profile so that I (the ONLY one in this office) could not access ANY files. Including all my (AutoCAD @ the time) CAD files on the Monday before the Friday deadline... talk about stressed! Never heard of Eset, but have used Avast Really appreciate all the great support responses from you all. Boy as a Chief noob, I'd sure like to pick your brains for all your hints, tips & secrets. I did uninstall/reinstall and everything is good. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Carrick Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 AV software (not all) sometimes finds an exe or dll that appears to be infected - or is just suspicious. When that happens it adds the "name" to a list of files to "block" or "totally eliminate the contents" by setting the length in the file header to 0. If there's a legitimate file by the same name the AV software can really mess things up. I think some AV software actually comes installed with a list of "block these files". I can't say for certain that McAfee does it exactly this way but it certainly causes problems in some cases - however it makes the determination. Not all AV software takes this approach - but some do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwdozier Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 On 10/9/2017 at 8:31 AM, Joe_Carrick said: What version of Windows are you using? Updating your signature with your system info may help get to the bottom of your problem. Just my thoughts... I use McAfee and was having the same issue with X5-64-bit (see my other posts regarding this). I uninstalled X5-64-bit and installed X5-32-bit and have not had the issue since. I did talk to McAfee after seeing posts that McAfee was the issue - they say if the AV software did quarantine a file, it would be logged and not set to zero file size in it's program location. With the many occurrences while attempting to find what was causing X5-64-bit to crash, there was nothing in the McAfee logs indicating that McAfee "touched" or quarantined the DLL files. Just trying to make sense of this, I could reinstall X5-64-bit to see if it occurs again but CA X5-32-bit is working fine so far and I can get my work done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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