{"id":195,"date":"2026-01-04T00:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/106.53.47.238\/?p=195"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:54:46","slug":"195","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/195.html","title":{"rendered":"Error: Cannot Create Data Directory When Launching AutoCAD (Installation Error 103)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article describes a solution for AutoCAD installation error 103, specifically when the installation or repair process gets stuck, and AutoCAD cannot create its data directory due to permission issues on the C drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symptoms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AutoCAD Installation Error 103 occurs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The repair process gets stuck at the final stage when using&nbsp;<code>\u0628\u0631\u0646\u0627\u0645\u062c \u0627\u0644\u062a\u062b\u0628\u064a\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u064a\u0642<\/code>&#8216;s extended features.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Installing AutoCAD to the D drive completes successfully, and the application opens normally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Installation attempts on the C drive continuously load or get stuck.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When attempting to run&nbsp;<code>acad.exe<\/code>&nbsp;(the main AutoCAD program) using &#8220;system permissions&#8221; via extended features, the following error message appears:<code>Cannot create data directory Microsoft Edge cannot read and write its data directory C:\\windows\\system32\\config\\systemprofile\\AppData\\Roaming\\Autodesk\\AutoCAD 2023\\R24.2\\chs\\Webview211\\EBWebView OK<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The &#8220;Run AutoCAD&#8221; button within extended features is unresponsive or unable to launch the application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cause<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The root cause is insufficient permissions for the&nbsp;<code>systemprofile<\/code>&nbsp;to create or write data to the specified AutoCAD data directory path on the C drive, specifically affecting components like Microsoft Edge&#8217;s WebView2 used by AutoCAD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0644<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue was resolved by addressing the system profile&#8217;s permission limitations related to the AutoCAD data directory. After correctly configuring the necessary permissions, AutoCAD was able to launch successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;The original problem description implies that the problem was identified by attempting to run AutoCAD with system permissions, which then revealed the specific &#8220;Cannot create data directory&#8221; error. The resolution involved adjusting these underlying system profile permissions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article describes a solution for AutoCAD installation error 103, specifically when the installation or repair process gets stuck, and AutoCAD cannot create its data directory due to permission issues on the C drive. Symptoms Cause The root cause is insufficient permissions for the&nbsp;systemprofile&nbsp;to create or write data to the specified AutoCAD data directory path [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cad","category-problem-resolution-hub"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2652,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/2652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepuninstaller.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}