Installing AutoCAD Land Desktop 2009 using the MSI file results in an invalid installation. You must use the setup.exe file to install AutoCAD Land Desktop 2009.
After installing AutoCAD Land Desktop 2009, the menu bar is turned off (does not display). To display the menu bar, do the following:
- Click the Workspace Switching icon located in the application status bar, at the bottom right side of the application window.
- In the Workspace Switching menu, click the Land Desktop workspace.
The menu bar is displayed. Clicking any workspace from the Workspace Switching menu activates the menu bar.
Installing on a 64-bit Operating System
AutoCAD Land Desktop is available in 32-bit format only, but may be installed on a computer that has a 64-bit operating system.
- The
Map
Image Insert command does not work in
this configuration. - Additional add-on programs may not install correctly using this configuration.
- Network
deployments do not install on a 64-bit operating system. As a workaround,
do the following:
- At each computer workstation where you want to install a network version, insert the installation media and run the AutoCAD Land Desktop setup program.
- On the installation interface, click the Install Products option.
- On the Review-Configure-Install page, click the Configure Installation option.
- On the Select the License Type page, select Network License and specify the server model and the name of the server.
If you are installing AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 and AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 on the same machine, please note that activating one product (AutoCAD Civil 3D or AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion) also activates the other product. It does not matter which product is activated first.