Abaqus can t launch ABAQUS 0xC0000005 EXCEPTION ACCESS VIOLATION

AA 2021-09-01

I have downloaded and installed Abaqus student version. However, I cannot open it. I ran a diagnostic and I cannot decipher the information from it. I am getting the same error in the CAE, viewer and noGUI. Here is the error text:

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Fetching files: ['viewer_tutorial.odb', 'installVerify.guiLog', 'cmpVerify.rpt']
Abaqus FETCH job viewer_tutorial.odb
fetching: viewer_tutorial.odb
Abaqus FETCH job installVerify.guiLog
fetching: installVerify.guiLog
Abaqus FETCH job cmpVerify.rpt
fetching: cmpVerify.rpt
Action Type: cae
JobTest cae args: ['-GUIT', 'installVerify.guiLog']

*** Error: ABQcaeK.exe / rank 0 / thread 0 encountered a system exception 0xC0000005 (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)

*** ERROR CATEGORY: CAE

GUI detected error while waiting for ipc connection to close.
Abaqus Error: Abaqus/CAE Kernel exited with an error.

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