When I open V8i my project manger has stopped opening up, when I click on the project manager tab it will not open. the main drawing page opens fine but I am unable to select a drawing because I cant access the project manager I have worked with V8i on this computer for over a year and have never had this issue.
I have shut down the PC a few time now and no change. Any ideas?
I can't read the error message in the screen shot. Can you send a close up of the error message or type it in so we can see what error you are getting?
That exact error is listed in this wiki:
https://communities.bentley.com/products/electrical___instrumentation/w/electrical_and_instrumentation__wiki/17072/error-at-startup-the-type-initializer-for-ect-ecad-ui-shapemanager-threw-an-exception
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