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WFS failed to initialize. Autocad2022 not connected with WGM. Already followed article cs167483.

  • September 24, 2024
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I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.1 and Datecode with CPS M020 CPS28

Windchill file system failed to initialize. Autocad 2022 will not connected with WGM. Resolve WFS & restart WGM. This issue occurred simultaneously for three user pc. removed shared drive & reinstalled. unable to edit Windchill folder full path in WGM .

Here are the errors that I faced
Windchill file system failed to initialize. Autocad 2022 will not connected with WGM.

Best answer by Dobi

When you say "local cache is shared [C-drive] from pc" do you mean to say that the cache folder your environment variable is pointing to is managed by some other sharing service (like OneDrive)? If yes, that may be causing your issue...

 

Or "shared" as in "shared between users"? As I understand it, the WGM doesn't allow shared users on a machine unless you're in Windchill 13. That has more to do with dlls. For this you'd get a different error at start up of WGM.

 

User environment variables should be fine, I think. 

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VladimirN24-Ruby III
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September 24, 2024

Take a look - "Unable to connect Windchill Workgroup Manager with AutoCAD, Inventor, NX or SolidWorks with warning: "A shared folder is selected for Windchill File System"": https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS167483 

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    September 24, 2024

    already i followed and tried but you see 

    • The folder specified by PTC_WFS_ROOT and Tools > Windchill File System Management > Windchill Folder Full Path should not be the same folder. but default it takes the Windchill folder location path.
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      Dobi17-Peridot
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      September 27, 2024

      I found it necessary to explicitly set all the environment variables to someplace that is definitely not shared because everything would default to a OneDrive location if left to it's own devices. 

       

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      PTC_WFS_DEFAULT_LOCATION sets the "PTC Places" location (although perhaps this is 12+ versions according to CS353857 ?) for your Windchill Folder Full Path.

       

      AutoCAD, I don't think, needs all of those set. 

       

      If the WFS is consistently not starting up, it could also be an issue with the installation where you'd have to manually install just the Creo agent. 

      If you have any startup scripts for task kill, it may also help launch fresh every time. 

      Something like this:

      tasklist|find /i "creoagent.exe" >NUL
if errorlevel 0 (taskkill /f /t /im creoagent.exe)

       

       

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