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cdn_sfl401as.dll was not found while launching Orcad V16.3

tcmoore

 Has anyone else seen this error?  We installed Orcad V16.3, including the hotfix, yesterday, and it was working just fine.  I came in today and tried to launchOrcad Capture CIS, I get the following error window:

This application has failed to start because cdn_sfl401as.dll was not found.  Re-Installing the application may fix this problem.  I don't want to re-install every day!!  Any ideas out there?

 

Thanks,

 Todd Moore

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  •  Hi fxffxf-

    Thanks for the very thorough information.  The tip on echoing environment variables from the command prompt is especially useful.  Unfortunately, this did not solve the problem.  My path is as follows:

    C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\system32\nls;C:\WINDOWS\system32\nls\ENGLISH; <<REMOVED OTHER NON-CADENCE ENTRIES FOR SECURITY>> ;%CDSROOT%\tools\bin;%CDSROOT%\OpenAccess\bin\win32\opt;%CDSROOT%\tools\Capture;%CDSROOT%\tools\PSpice\Library;%CDSROOT%\tools\PSpice;%CDSROOT%\tools\specctra\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\fet\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\libutil\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\pcb\bin

     

     Notice that the \tools\bin path is no longer repeated (I did have it twice before due to the non-variable path I previously added).  Note also that I'm using %CDSROOT% as you advised and that the dll exists in this locaton:

     

    C:\>echo %CDSROOT%
    C:\Cadence\SPB_16.5

    C:\>dir %CDSROOT%\tools\bin\cdn_sfl*.dll
     Volume in drive C has no label.
     Volume Serial Number is C883-2860

     Directory of C:\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\bin

    06/13/2008  10:22 AM           667,648 cdn_sfl401as.dll
                   1 File(s)        667,648 bytes
                   0 Dir(s)   3,306,053,632 bytes free

    C:\>

     

    Note also that these errors started occuring BEFORE I manipulated my PATH variable.  This all started after weeks of running after a normal install.

     Note also that these problems are intermittent even now.  I just never know when I start up my PC each time whether it will work this day or not....

     

     

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  •  Hi fxffxf-

    Thanks for the very thorough information.  The tip on echoing environment variables from the command prompt is especially useful.  Unfortunately, this did not solve the problem.  My path is as follows:

    C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\system32\nls;C:\WINDOWS\system32\nls\ENGLISH; <<REMOVED OTHER NON-CADENCE ENTRIES FOR SECURITY>> ;%CDSROOT%\tools\bin;%CDSROOT%\OpenAccess\bin\win32\opt;%CDSROOT%\tools\Capture;%CDSROOT%\tools\PSpice\Library;%CDSROOT%\tools\PSpice;%CDSROOT%\tools\specctra\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\fet\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\libutil\bin;%CDSROOT%\tools\pcb\bin

     

     Notice that the \tools\bin path is no longer repeated (I did have it twice before due to the non-variable path I previously added).  Note also that I'm using %CDSROOT% as you advised and that the dll exists in this locaton:

     

    C:\>echo %CDSROOT%
    C:\Cadence\SPB_16.5

    C:\>dir %CDSROOT%\tools\bin\cdn_sfl*.dll
     Volume in drive C has no label.
     Volume Serial Number is C883-2860

     Directory of C:\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\bin

    06/13/2008  10:22 AM           667,648 cdn_sfl401as.dll
                   1 File(s)        667,648 bytes
                   0 Dir(s)   3,306,053,632 bytes free

    C:\>

     

    Note also that these errors started occuring BEFORE I manipulated my PATH variable.  This all started after weeks of running after a normal install.

     Note also that these problems are intermittent even now.  I just never know when I start up my PC each time whether it will work this day or not....

     

     

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