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Default Keyboard Commands Not Working

anowack

Hi there,

Recently the keyboard shortcuts (delete part, rotate part, copy, paste, etc.) have stopped working for me in OrCAD X Capture CIS 23.1.

I can still right click and do the command, but it's pretty annoying without the keyboard shortcut. I cannot find any information why keyboard commands would stop working, and I've tried multiple keyboards. It's only OrCAD Capture that has this issue, and it worked at some point in the past.

Any suggestions?

Also, when I right click I cannot close the popup window by left clicking elsewhere. I have to select an option and then exit that option menu.

Thank you

- Aaron

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    Hi Aaron,

    You can try deleting workspace (after closing capture). For this, follow the below mentioned steps-

    Step 1: Note the Capture.ini file location

    Open the Capture Command Window (View menu > Command Window) and execute the command `GetIniPath`. This will display the location of the `capture.ini` file.

    Step 2: Close Capture and terminate any remaining processes.

    Close Capture and check the Task Manager to see if any Cadence processes (e.g., `capture.exe`, `cdsMsgServer.exe`, `cdsNameServer.exe`) are still running. If so, manually terminate them.

    Step 3: Delete the Capture Workspace from the Registry.

    Warning: Be cautious when editing the registry. It's recommended to create a backup of your system registry before making any changes.**

    a. Go to Windows Start and type `regedit` to open the Registry Editor.
    b. Locate and delete the `CaptureWorkSpace` key at the following path:
    `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OrCAD\CaptureWorkSpaceEx\<version>` (where `<version>` is the version of the tool you're using, e.g., `23.1` or `24.1`).

    Step 4: Rename the Capture.ini file

    Rename the `capture.ini` file to `capture_org.ini`. The file is located at the path you noted in Step 1.

    Step 5: Restart Capture and verify

    Launch Capture again to see if the issue is resolved.

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    Hi Aaron,

    You can try deleting workspace (after closing capture). For this, follow the below mentioned steps-

    Step 1: Note the Capture.ini file location

    Open the Capture Command Window (View menu > Command Window) and execute the command `GetIniPath`. This will display the location of the `capture.ini` file.

    Step 2: Close Capture and terminate any remaining processes.

    Close Capture and check the Task Manager to see if any Cadence processes (e.g., `capture.exe`, `cdsMsgServer.exe`, `cdsNameServer.exe`) are still running. If so, manually terminate them.

    Step 3: Delete the Capture Workspace from the Registry.

    Warning: Be cautious when editing the registry. It's recommended to create a backup of your system registry before making any changes.**

    a. Go to Windows Start and type `regedit` to open the Registry Editor.
    b. Locate and delete the `CaptureWorkSpace` key at the following path:
    `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OrCAD\CaptureWorkSpaceEx\<version>` (where `<version>` is the version of the tool you're using, e.g., `23.1` or `24.1`).

    Step 4: Rename the Capture.ini file

    Rename the `capture.ini` file to `capture_org.ini`. The file is located at the path you noted in Step 1.

    Step 5: Restart Capture and verify

    Launch Capture again to see if the issue is resolved.

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