AutoCAD Map Task Pane is not displayed

Solution

The reason for the error messages and the missing Task Pane could be due to incomplete paths settings in AutoCAD options. Please check if the "Support File Search Path" contains all necessary paths:

1. Tools > Options... or command: _options
2. tab "Files"
3. expand "Support File Serach Path"

The minimum paths settings are:

for AutoCAD Map 2008
C:\Documents and Settings\<< username >>\Application Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD Map 3D 2008\R17.1\enu\support
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2008\support
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2008\fonts
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2008\help
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2008\Express
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2008\support\color
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2008\FDO\bin

for AutoCAD Map 2009
C:\Documents and Settings\<< username >>\Application Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD Map 3D 2009\R17.2\enu\support
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2009\support
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2009\fonts
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2009\help
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2009\Express
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2009\support\color
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2009\FDO\bin

for AutoCAD Map 2010
C:\Documents and Settings\<< username >>\application data\autodesk\autocad map 3d 2010\r18.0\enu\support
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2010\support
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2010\fonts
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2010\help
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2010\Express
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2010\support\color
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2010\FDO\bin

for AutoCAD Map 2011
C:\Documents and Settings\<< username >>\application data\autodesk\autocad map 3d 2011\r18.1\enu\support
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD Map 3D 2011\support
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD Map 3D 2011\fonts
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD Map 3D 2011\help
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD Map 3D 2011\Express
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD Map 3D 2011\support\color
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD Map 3D 2011\FDO\bin

If adding missing paths does not solve the problem please login under a different Windows account and start Map. If Map starts without any issue you need to reset the AutoCAD user settings for the first user. Please follow the procedure are described in TS14062982 (AutoCAD® Map 3D 2010), TS1085107 (AutoCAD® Map 3D 2009), TS1058548 (AutoCAD® Map 3D 2008) to reinitiate the secondary installer to reset the default user settings.