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Autodesk Support
Feb 14, 2025
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How to reset Autodesk Civil 3D Settings to Default. This could be necessary when:
There are two options to reset the Civil 3D profile to default: an Automatic and a Manual method. An analysis of both methods has resulted in the following recommendations from Support:
Note: Administrator privileges will be required for both methods
Tip: A path beginning and ending with % is a shortcut to the current user profile, and can be copied/pasted into the File Explorer directly.
Software version | Registry Key to rename | User's application folders to rename |
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2025 | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R24.3\ACAD-8100:409 |
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2024 | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R24.3\ACAD-7100:409 |
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2023 | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R24.2\ACAD-6100:409 |
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2022 | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R24.1\ACAD-5100:409 |
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Notes:
Warning:
Use the Microsoft® Registry Editor only at your own risk and only after backing up the registry as well as the system.dat and user.dat files as outlined for your operating system in the Microsoft Knowledge Base and in the related solution, Back up system registry. Additional information about the registry is also contained in the Help topics in the Microsoft Registry Editor.
Problems caused by improperly editing the Windows registry could render your computer operating system unusable. Microsoft provides a wealth of critical information that you need to know about the registry in the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/.
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