Avecto Defendpoint conflicts with copying and saving in AutoCAD

Autodesk Support

Oct 8, 2023

Products and versions covered

Issue:

While having AutoCAD and Avecto Defendpoint installed on the same system, copying and/or saving is interrupted within AutoCAD, showing the following errors, respectively:
  • Copy to clipboard failed.
  • One or more objects in this drawing cannot be saved to the specified format. The operation was not completed and no file was created.

Solution:

To resolve this issue, use the following steps to edit Avecto keys in the registry:
  1. Exit AutoCAD.
  2. Create a new text file using Notepad and copy the following into it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Avecto\Privilege Guard Client]
"HookExclusions"=hex(7):70,00,63,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00,\
  61,00,63,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00,61,00,63,00,61,00,64,\
  00,6c,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Avecto\Privilege Guard Client]
"HookExclusions"=hex(7):70,00,63,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00,\
  61,00,63,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00,61,00,63,00,61,00,64,\
  00,6c,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00,00,00 
  1. Save to any folder and close the file.
  2. Rename the file so that it has a .reg extension instead of .txt. Be sure it does not end with .reg.txt after renaming (right-click > Properties to see the full file name).
  3. Double-click the .reg file to apply it to the registry. Afterwards, the .reg file can be deleted.
Alternatively, use the .reg file attached to this article. Download the ZIP file, extract it, and then double-click the .reg file. 

Attachments:

avecto_acad_fix.zip;

Products:

AutoCAD Products;

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