I am trying to download/install '3D Experience Catia for Students' however I am am experiencing an array of issues
First,
I have bought the product, made an account, verified the email and am now following a guide within the 3D dashboard to download/install to my computer.
- I have added 'part design' to my favourite apps
- I have clicked it and pressed download within the pop-up installation guide
- I have opened the launcher it downloaded and followed instructions to finish the installation
Now I am stuck
- Nothing else booted up, so i looked in my downloads, program files etc. and tried starting up every new app it downloaded to my system (Windows 11 Operating System)
- None of the 'Troubleshooting' steps within the pop-up guide helped me as I couldnt perform what they were asking of me (for whatever reason)
Then i tried reinstalling
-> deleting the launcher from downloads, deleting the '3DExperience Launcher' Folder from Program files and reinstalling the launcher from the guide
-> After downloading and opening the launcher it asks me to click 'Next', then i am given the options to 'Repair' or 'Remove'. the option to 'Change' is there but it is greyed out.
-> I click Repair (first i manually close all 3dexperience applications via Task Manager) and it pops-up with one of those windows application permission requests (like ' do you want this app to make changes to your device': the actual app name is something like a string of characters and then .msi) to which i click 'Allow'. Then it finishes 'repairing' and i click 'Finish' and the Launcher closes. Nothing happens after this (I waited 30 minutes for something to happen), the only thing i noticed from task manager is that the applications: '3DExperience Launcher Backbone', '3DExperience Launcher', and '3DExperience Launcher SysTray' start up, however as i said previously nothing happens, even if i close and open the apps again manually (I have also tried 'remove' and repeated the process and then repairing - to no avail)
Secondly,
I Submitted a 'Support Form' with something similar to what i have written above, when i clicked submit it brought me to an error screen that said something along the lines of 'You don't have access to this page' and 'Access Denied'. So i have no idea whether the support form went through or not, i have checked the email attached to my account and i have recieved no confirmation of anything (i checked spam/other mail aswell)
Another two things i noticed:
- When I try to remove and reinstall i have to load the webpage up again from the link i was provided in an emil i receive after signing up. This is because when i go to click on 'Part Design' it comes up with a grey banner in the bottom left saying 'Unable to Retrieve Installation files'
Sometimes when i did this reinstall process it came up with this archaic looking permission pop-up asking whether this URL (it was the URL of my 3D dashboard) could link to the system/launcher or something like that. Here is the screenshot (i redacted the start of the URL just in case this is personal etc.):
Someone please help I need to start using this software this week and i need the downloaded version as the Uni has poor wifi in the building and don't want to rely on any 'online server' type product.
Edu 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA
