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Opening an old MAX file with Orcad 16.2

Hi, I need to make a couple of little modifications on an old complex project (about 200 components, 10 layers), created with Layout 16.2 on a Windows 7 machine (deceased a year ago, RIP).

I did not want to start again from scratch, so I tried to import the MAX file on PCB 22.1 using the Translate option, but it did not worked for some invalid character in the design name (as written also in the help file).

So, I tried to install the 16.2 version on another Win7 PC; something went wrong, because Capture can be opened (I can see the schematic of that project), but Layout has a problem (see fibure below). I did not find a solution online (apart of a couple of comments on a chinese forum). Any help is appreciated. For completeness, I work with a dongle key on the PC for the license.

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mahimag over 1 year ago

Hello Temistocle , it looks like the tool is not able to find the correct path. Can you check your machine's environment variables and look for PATH variable? make sure it has valid address pointing to your installation and all the CDSROOT paths should be moved ahead of other utility paths.
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mahimag over 1 year ago

Hello Temistocle , it looks like the tool is not able to find the correct path. Can you check your machine's environment variables and look for PATH variable? make sure it has valid address pointing to your installation and all the CDSROOT paths should be moved ahead of other utility paths.
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Temistocle over 1 year ago in reply to mahimag

Hi mahimag, thank you for your reply. I tried your solution, but the problem is still there. BTW, I noticed that part of the path was missing (or I think so), I added the part i bold, but the issue is always there.

%CDSROOT%\tools\pcb\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\libutil\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\fet\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\specctra\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\pspice;%CDSROOT%\tools\capture;%CDSROOT%\tools\layout;%CDSROOT%\openaccess\bin\win32\opt;
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mahimag over 1 year ago in reply to Temistocle

Hello Temistocle , it looked like some corruption then. I would recommend, uninstalling OrCAD from Control Panel, use a registry cleaner to clear all instances of OrCAD in registry. Reboot the system and install OrCAD again. May be this will work!!
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