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Error launching Layer Stack Manager

We have a couple of suggestions to try if you encounter this error (which seems to be a very rare occurrence).image

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#1 : Remove Projects and Reboot

 

Close all projects and documents, the View | Projects panel should be empty.

Shut down CircuitStudio then reboot the computer.

Add back in a project and test the Layer Stack Manager.

 

#2: Repair .Net Framework

The Microsoft .Net components of Windows (for example, version 4.5.1) may require repairing.

To fix this, run the .NET Framework Setup Verification Tool available at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2008/10/13/8999004.aspx.

If the .NET Framework installation is available in the Windows Control Panel: Program and Features section, double click on the application, select to repair the .NET Framework to its original state. (This may not be available in newer versions of Windows).

  • in reply to ayeye

    Hope you haven't lost your libraries - these still should be on your hard drive or server because they are not part of the CircuitStudio distribution and so should not get removed. Once you locate the libraries on disk (it will be .SchLib, .PcbLib or .IntLib) they can be added back as globally available libraries from File > System Preferences, Data Management > Installed Libraries.

  • in reply to e14softwareuk

    I reinstalled and that has fixed it! Thank you!

     

    I have however managed to remove my custom libraries in the process which i've spent the last 3 years building.... I unticked the remove personal things etc when i uninstalled but obviously libraries aren't part of that. I had assumed I was working off of my server library file but alas.... I'm a dummy. Thank for the help though. I'll just be rebuilding as I go

  • in reply to ayeye

    A few suggestions for things you could try: install a fresh copy of CS (you can keep your current installation and specify a new destination when installing); install CS on a different computer (use the export standalone license feature to create a license file to load onto the second computer); use project history (Storage Manager) to pull back an older version of the PCB in case there is some corruption that has happened recently.

  • I'm getting this problem and have already tried the solution. I don't however get the error dialog box. I click layer Stack Manager and the whole of CS freezes and i have to end the process in Task Manager. i've gone through the process of cleaning my .NET framework and reinstalling but to no avail. This really is a problem as i'm trying to get some board files out (within the next few days!) for a PCB but the stack is not correct and i cant change it anyother way.