Hi,
I recently installed WATERCAD on my personal desktop because I needed to record a lecture for my class. I have some major concerns about the behavior of CONNECTION Client
1. It refuses to exit. When I exit the software, it comes back. I do not like the persistence of the CONNECTION client on my personal computer.
2. It does not uninstall from my computer. I tried to uninstall both WATERCAD and CONNECTION client but doesn't seem to help. CONNECTION Client is stuck at "Creating Restore Point" and WATERCAD uninstallation is stuck at "Initializing"
Is there a way to get these software off my computer?
The connection client is ridiculous. There is no setting to tell it to not auto-launch and every time I exit, it pops up again.
Can you please provide more details as to what you are running and your environment, such as: What are you Exiting? An application, or are you shutting down a machine? Are you signed in?
The CC is needed to activate your applications that are using the Subscription Entitlement Service (not SELECTserver activation keys) so it needs to run. There are two settings for it, 'Automatically sign me in' and 'Minimize CONNECTION Client after sign in'.
Thanks
If you are running Windows 7, please don't. You probably are not getting security patches. Use W10
You have to sign into CC to license as mentioned by Glenn but that's only if the Bentley software is running or you are using its Sync Cloud feature. The best option to you is to
Bill
I should have included disabling automatic updates inside Connection Client. If it is able to update, it likely will overwrite the disabled startup.
Hi Bill,
The only thing enabled was the Bentley licensing server and I disabled it. I understand that I can end task or disable it but I don't think software should work this way. When I am not running software that needs CC, it should stay off. I don't know why include the "Exit" open when it opens 2 seconds later. This is malware-like behavior and poorly programmed in my opinion.
Also, my problem now is that I cannot uninstall the software from my own computer which is ridiculous.
Edit: Forgot to add that I am using Windows 10