how to completely reset the navigator

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c.henry
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how to completely reset the navigator

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i have royally screwed up my button setings and lost the ability to get the inventor fn button .

i tried restore defaults , but it wont bring this back

should i uninstall/ reinstall
I WAS JUST THROUGH THE APEX WHEN I HIT THE GRAVEL.
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how to completely reset the navigator

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Hi c.henry

The solution in your case is very simple. You should activate the profile in the driver GUI, which you don't want anymore, then just delete that configuration selecting "Delete saved configuration" under the menu "Options".

Of course, if you want to be radical you could remove 3DxSoftware (with the Windows "Add/Remove Programs" standard-tool) and reinstall afterwards...
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, i uninstalled the program and reinstalled after restarting my computer , and it still is not remebering buttons , i cant get to the inventor fn page from anywhere , i downloaded the upgraded driver . also i can not tell if my unit is an SE or a PE , there are no markings on it or the packaging , no serial number either . pretty sure its legit we bought it from cdw

how can i do a full uninstall and remove all traces , where windows and inventor both hjave to see it as a new device when i reinstall?


thanks
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Post by agoenczi »

Hi c.henry

I am not an Inventor specialist, please explain, what is the
"inventor fn page"
You should know, that Inventor has different Modi (Parts, Assamblies and Drawings). 3DxSoftware automatically detects the currently active modus and will switch to the previously saved settings for this modus.

If you want to completely reinstall the 3DxSoftware, please do it with the "Add/Remove Programs" Windows facility.
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Post by c.henry »

ok , I uninstalled and reinstalled and it is still doing the same thing , i can map the buttons in every possible mode in inventor and it will not remeber them

i can not get the inventor button mapping utility to open , all i can get is the control panel for the navigator .

it resets the buttons and the speed and directional stteings everytime i exit one thing and open another .


do i have to cmanually clean the registry after i unisnstall to get rid of everything ? or is this a problem coming from inventor itself ?
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Hard to believe, but this sounds like it could be a permissions problem saving the user configs in %APPDATA%. Are there any files saved in %APPDATA%\3dconnexion\3dxware\profiles?
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Post by ngomes »

Hi c.henry,
The topic Buttonconfiguration can't be saved!! might have the answer for what you are observing.
Nuno Gomes
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