I installed ACAD, and had problems with it. It would not print or save my drawings. 

Sooo...I decided to wipe it out and reinstall.  Silly me, I forgot that you UNINSTALL programs, not erase the files.   

As a result, there is something still lurking on my machine that won't let me reinstall the program. It says it is already installed. 

When I go searching for remaining files, I can find "AutoCAD2010setup.exe" supposedly in C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Temp  If I try to go there, it isn't there, even if I open up the folder for hidden files. If I try to erase it from where it was found by the search engine, it says it can't be found!   

Any suggestions would be welcome (not including "buy a new computer" or "format the hard drive").

Thanks in advance for any help you can give! 

BEWARE: Editing the registry is not for the inexperience, as a mistake can render your computer system useless!

Dennis

And then you can wipe the hard drive and install Linux!!

That worked! 

Thanks   

Unfortunately, after reinstalling the program, it still would self-destruct on a save as command. I bit the bullet and got a new copy of ACAD LT. Sadly, now you rent it on an annual basis, not buy it outright.

Guess I better return to doing money making work! Though it is only 10% of full Autocad per year it is still hard to justify for a retired guy. Full purchase price for 3DTurbocad was half the annual cost of ACAD LT. If I didn’t have so many drawings in ACAD  format, there would be no excuse for not switching over. Eric Rule needs ACAD 2004 format for his laser cutter.

I find I am really rusty on the details of commands.  . Like how do you enter polar coordinates for a line?  I thought it was @length>angle but that doesn’t seem to work. These little boxes show up but refuse to let me fill them in. AAAAUGH! Clearly I am missing a clue here.   

Thanks!