Installing AutoCAD R14 Express Tools Volume 6 on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10

1. Obtain your copy of the Longbow Converter here
2. Next, make sure you have AutoCAD R14 already installed – follow these steps Installing AutoCAD R14 on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
3. Unzip this zip to c:\Autodesk
4. Start the Longbow Converter tool
   1. select the 2nd tab named “Old AutoCAD Installer Reviver“,
   2. pick the newly created c:\Autodesk\Express Tools R14 Volume 6 folder
   3. now click the “Run Old installer” button.
   4. Read and understand all the prompts before pressing OK.
5. Now, I know it’s unheard of these days, but at this point expect to wait up to 45 minutes for your AutoCAD R14 Express Tools setup.exe program to fully appear. Once the setup starts, stop and read the next step…
6. In the setup program, navigate through each setup dialog as normal, except when you get to the installation folder, **it’s vitally important to make sure you install to c:\acadR14 (not Program Files (x86)\AutoCAD Express Tools as usually prompted)**
   1. Do not reboot if prompted to do so
7. Now you can happily run your Express Tools inside of AutoCAD R14 running on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 –  using Windows Explorer, simply navigate to c:\acadr14 and double click acad.exe to start AutoCAD R14 and to use Express Tools R14

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