Installing 32bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 64bit
NOTE: This blog post specifically solves issues related to these error messages on installation…
“This operating system is not supported by AutoCAD Mechanical® 2010”
“You cannot install this product on the current operating system”
“You are attempting to use a 32-bit installer on a 64-bit operating system”
“This is a 32-bit AutoCAD Mechanical® 2010. It cannot be installed on 64-bit Windows”
Installing AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 (MDT 2010) 32bit on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 64bit can be very easily defined in these short steps…
NOTE: These steps do not bypass normal Autodesk licensing/authorization, you should expect to use your own serial numbers in the normal way.
Insert your AutoCAD MDT 2010 CD into your CDRom drive, cancel setup if it starts
Next, start the Converter App
Select the 1st tab in the Converter tool named “32bit AutoCAD Installer Converter“
Using the “…” button pick the path to your AutoCAD MDT 2013 CD
Now click the “Convert” button and follow the instructions.
(Skip to step 4)
If you have a single self extracting exe downloaded from Autodesk called something like AutoCAD_Mech_2010_English_Win_32bit.exe
Simply run the exe, it will ask to unzip to a folder inside of c:\Autodesk, make a note of the folder for later use (we’ll refer to it from here as c:\Autodesk\MDT2010), now click OK.
Wait until all of the files have extracted, when they do, the AutoCAD MDT 2013 setup will automatically launch – simply close it and move to the next step.
Now, start the Longbow Converter tool
select the 1st tab titled “AutoCAD 32bit Installer Converter“
pick the c:\Autodesk\MDT2010 folder
and click the “Convert…” button.
Once the conversion process is complete, click the “Install/Run Setup” button to start setup.
Install as normal!
Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 users: Once the installation process is complete, go back to the Converter
select the 3rd tab named “Old AutoCAD Program Reviver“
pick the newly installed C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 folder
then click “Fix Old Program”
Now you can happily run your AutoCAD MDT 2010 32bit on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10!
if your AutoCAD hangs on startup (stuck at the “Checking License…” message, try installing the 32bit version of AutoCAD 2010 on 64bit Windows – we’ve actually found the 32bit AutoCAD 2010 running on 64bit Windows is much more stable and actually faster than the 64bit version of AutoCAD 2010.
If your AutoCAD crashes while interacting with the Ribbon click here
If you are unable to activate your product, or the activation process crashes:
If you have crashing problems using the File->Open or File->Save dialogs inside of AutoCAD please read this blog entry on the File->Open or File->Save Crash in AutoCAD
If your Windows hangs on startup after installing please refer to this help blog
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