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Autodesk FATAL ERROR: Unhandled Access Violation Writing 0xc0809482

Derek Piccininni

Issue:
You are receiving the error: Fatal Error: Unhandled Access Violation Writing '0xXXXXXX'.

Solutions:

Incorrect Folder Permissions

  1. Navigate to C:\Program Files.
  2. Right click on the Autodesk folder > Properties.
  3. Go to the Security tab.
  4. Confirm that you have full permissions to the folder. If you do not, edit the permissions so that you do.

Run the Windows System File Checker Tool

  1. Open the Command Prompt as an Administrator.
  2. In the Command Prompt type 'SFC /SCANNOW'.
  3. Let the scan complete.

Uninstall/Reinstall the C++ Redistributables

  1. Open the Windows Control Panel
  2. Right click > Uninstall on the "Microsoft Visual Studio 20xx Redistributable" (You will need to do one at a time.)
  3. Re-install the newest Redistributables here.

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Derek Piccininni

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