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All of a sudden all of my custom shortcuts that I've been using for years in the dcadwin.mnu file that use the [Alt] key stopped working. I pulled up the file and they were all gone, but the ones using the [Ctrl] key still work. I changed a few back, saved the .mnu file then rebooted, but they still don't work. Any suggestions to get them back? I've been using them so long I've forgotten where a lot of the things I need are on the menus.

The ones I use the most are [Alt+C] to get to the Change menu and [Alt+G] to get to the Geometry menu in case anyone knows if something else might have taken over those keystrokes.

Thanks!

Does the DcadWin.MCR exist? It should be in the DataCAD / Support Files folder.

Neil Blanchard wrote:Does the DcadWin.MCR exist? It should be in the DataCAD / Support Files folder.

Yes it does.

Okay, that's good. Has the computer been rebooted lately? What version of Windows are you running? Where is DataCAD installed on the hard drive?

the Alt-C shortcuts are in the DcadWin.mcr file
The File Dcadwin.mnu has shortcuts for the Menu and can be in the form Ctrl-Alt-C, Ctrl-Shift-C

In the .mcr file, for Alt-C, you should have a line
C^;^F0^
For Alt-G, the line would look similar to (I modified my to Divide into 2 spaces)
G^:^F6^F1^f1^2$^

They are made up of the F-Key Sequence separated by a caret "^".

Neil Blanchard wrote:Okay, that's good. Has the computer been rebooted lately? What version of Windows are you running? Where is DataCAD installed on the hard drive?

It started when I started the laptop this morning. Never had the problem before that. I have DCAD 18.0.4.00.06 (PE) installed in the C:\DataCAD 18\ directory on Windows 10. I've created a couple of [Ctrl+] shortcuts in the dcadwin.mnu file to use in the mean time, but I like the additional [Alt+] ones so I can have it all on my left hand for speed.

It might be a permissions issue: Right-Click on the DataCAD icon and select Run As Administrator, and see if that helps.