Unhandled exception occured - error message Inventor 2009

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Frank Tax
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Unhandled exception occured - error message Inventor 2009

Post by Frank Tax »

LS.,

I have a problem starting the driver for my Space Pilot PE. I had this problem already with Inventor 2007 and after installing 2008 it run again for a few days and now I am stuck again.

I have installed the latest driver version 3.6.7 and choose to run the driver when starting Inventor. When I start Inventor the message "Unhandled exception occured in your 3DxWare driver session, would you like to save a diagnostics file". The blue led on the mouse turns on, but nothing happens. I can not use the mouse.

I have removed and reinstalled the driver a number of times, trying to get the mouse to work with different options. No result. I have three 3D mouses (same model) and tried the other two - same result.

I am running Windows XP Professional SP2 on a Dell PWS 390.

I can attach the dump file, but I do not see an option to do this.

Hope someone can help me out.
Thanks in advance

Frank Tax.
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Post by ngomes »

Hi Frank Tax,

Is the behaviour any different if you have 3DxWare running before launching Inventor?
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Post by Frank Tax »

Dear Nuno Gomes,

Thank you for your swift reply. No there is no difference. I have setup the 3Dx software to start the driver when I start Inventor. So, when I start up the cumputer and launch 3DxWare control panel, then the leds on the mouse turn on and immediately after that the error message appears. If I then start Inventor the same happens - error - and the mouse will not work.

It was a problem when running Inventor 2008. Then I installed Inventor 2009 and the mouse worked once. The 2nd time I started Inventor 2009 the mouse problem returned.

Hope the above information helps.
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Post by Frank Tax »

I also tried starting the driver manually from the start menu before running Inventor. Same problem. The error appears when I start the driver.

I also noticed that each time I try to start the driver (over and over again) an icon appears in the lower right corner of the screen. When I tried starting the driver e.g. 4 times, 4 icons appear. They quickly disapear when I go over them with the normal mouse pointer.

Yesterday I managed to get the driver running by starting the 3Dx control panel (after trying a couple of times) I closed the control panel and started Inventor. It WORKED. Today I had the same problem. It looks like I have to try get the driver working by starting it 20-30 times. Only luck when the driver starts.

Best regards.
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Post by ngomes »

Hi Frank Tax,
I also tried starting the driver manually from the start menu before running Inventor. Same problem. The error appears when I start the driver.
It seems that there is something wrong with your installation of 3DxWare (the Windows driver). The issue is not related to Inventor.

I suggest you to make a full clean-up of your 3Dconnexion software. Instructions can be found in this Knowledge Base article.
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Post by Frank Tax »

Thanks Nuno Gomes,

I have tried to uninstall and install the software again before, but I missed instruction to completely remove the software. I will try it tonight.
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Post by Frank Tax »

Hi Nuno Gomes,

I followed the instructions and IT WORKS AGAIN. I have to see if the driver remains stable, but I have good hopes.

Thanks :D
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