Problem Description

When starting MicroStation and viewing the Welcome Page, the View Examples are missing. There is an error message stating "Examples are not installed. Please contact your system administrator". See Image 1 showing this.

Image 1 - Error on Welcome Page

Steps to Resolve

The View Examples are a selectable option during the installation of Microstation (that should be on by default, see Image 2)

1. One possibility is that this option was turned off during install
2. To try and install these, go to Start menu > Control Panel > All Control Panel Items
3. Select Programs and Features
4. Find the MicroStation CONNECT Edition installion and select it
5. At the top of the Control Panel dialog, select Change or Repair (see Image 3)

Image 2 - Installation Options

Image 3 - Control Panel

Option 2

1. If there is no option to Change or Repair in the Control Panel, try running the installer again
2. For example, find the file ms08210536en.exe and run it
3. When the Installation Wizard appears, choose Modify (see Image 4)
4. Select 'MicroStation Example Workset' and click on Modify (see Image 5)
5. Click on Finish to complete

Image 4 - Installation Wizard

Image 5 - Install Options

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