Revit 2012 Hotfix

Description of Problem

This hotfix restores the Ribbon behavior after .Net 4.5 is installed.

Affected Products

• Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012
• Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2012
• Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2012

Installation Instructions

NOTE: You must have administrative privileges on your Microsoft^® Windows^® operating system to complete the installation process.

NOTE: You must have Autodesk Revit 2012 Update 2 installed on the system in order to apply this hotfix.

This installation requires you to replace the following file:

AdWindows.dll

To Install the Hotfix on a 32-bit system

1. Close all software applications.
2. Make sure the Autodesk Revit 2012 Update 2 is installed on the system.
3. Navigate to your product installation folder; for example C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit Architecture 2012\Program
4. Rename the affected original file.
• In the product installation Program folder, right-click the AdWindows.dll file and rename it AdWindows.bak.
5. Extract the Revit2012_dotNet45_Hotfix.zip to a shared folder.
6. Copy the AdWindows.dll located in the x86 folder to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit Architecture 2012\Program

 

To Install the Hotfix on a 64-bit system

1. Close all software applications.
2. Make sure the Autodesk Revit 2012 Update 2 is installed on the system.
3. Navigate to your product installation folder; for example C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit Architecture 2012\Program
4. Rename the affected original file.
• In the product installation Program folder, right-click the AdWindows.dll file and rename it AdWindows.bak.
5. Extract the Revit2012_dotNet45_Hotfix.zip to a shared folder.
6. Copy the AdWindows.dll located in the x64 folder to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit Architecture 2012\Program