Flow-3d fails to launch

mstorrings · November 14, 2012, 09:45

Users are not able to launch Flow-3d 10.0 when authenticated on a Windows 7 machine using domain credentials that usalize a roaming profile.

The roaming profile appears as a UNC. It seems as though Flow-3D is trying to access the profile by fails to work with the UNC.

Is there a way, via environmental variables or something similar, to bypass Flow-3D access the users profile and instead utilizing a folder on the local hard drive?

DTS · November 14, 2012, 11:09

Dear Mark,

Please email support@flow3d.com and let them know the organization you are with and how to contact you. They can help with this issue.

Thank you,
DTS

kkh · November 16, 2012, 07:20

I had the same problem. Solved it using the following steps:

1. Start Registry Editor

2. Open the following key: HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-305035777-899029998-720635935-79877\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\User Shell Folders

3. Change the value of ‘Personal’ to a folder on your local hard drive (e.g. C:/Users)

blebon · August 14, 2018, 10:09

Old post, but I encountered the same problem today. Can be easily solved without messing the settings for other software that rely on that UNC path by editing the registry as follows:
1. Launch regedit.exe
2. Go to HKEY_USERS/S-1-5-21-(a long series of numbers which is different in your machine)/Software/Flow Science/C:flow3d|v5.0u1
3. Edit the field UserFilesDirectory to a non-UNC path, e.g. C:\Users\(your username)\Documents\FLOW-3D\

November 14, 2012, 09:45	Flow-3d fails to launch	#1
mstorrings New Member Mark Storrings Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Users are not able to launch Flow-3d 10.0 when authenticated on a Windows 7 machine using domain credentials that usalize a roaming profile. The roaming profile appears as a UNC. It seems as though Flow-3D is trying to access the profile by fails to work with the UNC. Is there a way, via environmental variables or something similar, to bypass Flow-3D access the users profile and instead utilizing a folder on the local hard drive?

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November 14, 2012, 11:09		#2
DTS New Member David Souders Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Dear Mark, Please email support@flow3d.com and let them know the organization you are with and how to contact you. They can help with this issue. Thank you, DTS

November 16, 2012, 07:20		#3
kkh New Member Kjetil K. Heggernes Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 3 Rep Power: 16	I had the same problem. Solved it using the following steps: 1. Start Registry Editor 2. Open the following key: HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-305035777-899029998-720635935-79877\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\User Shell Folders 3. Change the value of ‘Personal’ to a folder on your local hard drive (e.g. C:/Users)

August 14, 2018, 10:09		#4
blebon Member Bruno Lebon Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 33 Rep Power: 13	Old post, but I encountered the same problem today. Can be easily solved without messing the settings for other software that rely on that UNC path by editing the registry as follows: 1. Launch regedit.exe 2. Go to HKEY_USERS/S-1-5-21-(a long series of numbers which is different in your machine)/Software/Flow Science/C:flow3d\|v5.0u1 3. Edit the field UserFilesDirectory to a non-UNC path, e.g. C:\Users\(your username)\Documents\FLOW-3D\