Installing 64bit AutoCAD Electrical 2012 on Windows 8 and Windows 10

AutoCAD Electrical 2012 was not designed to run in Windows 10 (Windows 10 was released after AutoCAD 2012) and inevitably you will run into issues such as the infamous Ribbon crashing issue, slow startup problems, text scaling issues, etc.

You can automatically solve these problems using our Longbow Converter App, it fixes and manages the AutoCAD Electrical 2012 installation so that you can be up and running again… Just follow these easy instructions:

How to install AutoCAD Electrical 2012

1. First, uninstall any existing AutoCAD Electrical 2012 installations on your computer
2. Next obtain a copy of the Longbow Converter App, download here
3. Start the Converter tool
   1. Pick the 1st tab named “AutoCAD 32bit Installer Converter“
   2. Using your mouse, click the “32bit” button so that it changes to “AutoCAD 64bit Installer Converter“
   3. Next, using the “. . .” button, select your AutoCAD installation CD and follow the instructions presented by the Converter tool user interface.
4. Once the conversion process is complete
   1. click Install/Run Setup to start setup
   2. Once you have completed the AutoCAD installation process…
      1. Completely close the setup program
      2. Go back to the Converter App and make sure it states “Success!”
5. Now you can run your AutoCAD as normal

Troubleshooting

– If you are unable to activate your product, or the activation process crashes:

• Try uninstalling the July 2014 Microsoft security update
• Try downgrading your Internet Explorer (IE) from version 11 to version 10 by following the instructions detailed here

– 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

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