Electrical 2022: When launching you receive “Unhandled Exception” acepublish.arx

Issue:
Electrical 2022: When launching you receive “Unhandled Exception” acepublish.arx.

Exception in c:\program fi les\autodesk\autocad 2022\acade\acepublish.arx
Unhandled Exception (Followed by Various Memory addresses).


You may see Error Messages after launch in the Command Line.

Unable to load the following modules:
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2022\Acade\AcePublish.arx

You will see this message when trying to Publish.

Unknown command "AEPUBLISH". Press F1 for help.

Causes:
AutoCAD updates and Electrical Updates cause issues when updates do not match. 
(Always best to keep AutoCAD updates and Vertical Updates such as Electrical current)


Solution:
Update Electrical and AutoCAD.

Update Electrical and AutoCAD
1.    Go to www.autodesk.com.
2.    In the upper right Select Sign in.
3.    Login to your Autodesk Account.
4.    Go back to the upper right and select the login Image (Outline of a person).
5.    Select Products and Services.
6.    On the new Page find Electrical.
7.    Select View Details under Electrical.
8.    From the Tabs across the top select 2022.
9.    Download both the latest AutoCAD Update, and Electrical Update.
10.    Install both.
11.    Now test Electrical.

See: Autodesk How to Update your software
https://www.autodesk.com/support/download-install/individuals/manage/update-your-software

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Jeff Arbogast

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