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lingham1-Visitor
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October 10, 2015
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Creo failing to run

  • October 10, 2015
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I have been trying to install Creo 3.0 onto my PC, initially it didn't install the actual application, so was recommended to install the 32x instead of the 64x. That allowed Creo 3.0 to install the program files, however it now refuses to launch.

I have tried launching it in administrator mode, running it in compatibility mode for windows 7 and 8 to no avail. I have tried launching all the creo programs installed and the only one that does anything is PTC Creo Modelcheck, which opens the cmd window briefly and then shows start options. However pressing run then closes the windows and nothing happens

I am running windows 10, with a Nvidia Geforce GTX660 graphics card and 8Gb of RAM and i5 intel processor.

Any help much appreciated.


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Best answer by lingham

ok I have finally fixed this. Uninstalled all creo programs, then went into the program files (not x64) and deleted the PTC folder. The reinstalled creo 3.0, and it worked, came up with some script errors on the home page but otherwise works fine.

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AmitDeshpande18-Opal
18-Opal
October 12, 2015

Hi Lawrence,

You may want to take a look at this thread for further information on the compatibility between Creo 3.0 and Windows 10:

Creo 3.0 compatibility with Windows 10?

Thanks,

Amit

MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
October 12, 2015

Lawrence,

from my point of view it is not good idea to install Windows 10 on old PC. Nvidia Geforce GTX660 was released in 2012 - are there Windows 10 drivers avilable ?

MH

lingham1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
October 13, 2015

Hi

Thank you for the link - although that seems to state that it should run fine just might need to sort out mouse scrolling.

Yes there are windows 10 drivers available for NVidia GEforce GTX660 and I have the most up to date drivers installed. I have never had a problem with anything else because of windows 10 on this machine, never even had to launch applications in compatibility mode before

According to Microsoft my graphics card meets the specifications for windows 10 - but that's another debate and I respect your opinion, but don't see any issue myself.

Lawrence

dgschaefer21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
October 13, 2015

Regardless if your PC is good on Windows 10, PTC has not certified any version of Creo for it.  I'd stick with Windows 7 until PTC releases a Window 10 compatible version of Creo.  According to this document, PTC plans on supporting Windows 10 on both Creo 2 & 3, but there are no dates or builds listed yet.

lingham1-VisitorAuthorAnswer
1-Visitor
October 27, 2015

ok I have finally fixed this. Uninstalled all creo programs, then went into the program files (not x64) and deleted the PTC folder. The reinstalled creo 3.0, and it worked, came up with some script errors on the home page but otherwise works fine.

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