MSC Architecture selector program error Report

MSC Architecture selector program error Report

Hi Violet,
The error is because the command information for MSC Nastran is incomplete.
To resolve this error follow the steps as mentioned below:
1) Open the MSC Nastran 2012 version on your system
2) Open the MSC Nastran command information window
3) In the Optional keywords field, type 'prog=edu auth=edu arch=32'

4) Click 'Run' button and execute the functions

MSC Architecture selector program error Report

This problem with Nastran 2010 Student Edition has or triggers three successive error messages:

Unsupported 16-Bit Application
The program or feature “\??\C:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran_Student_Edition\20102\Nastran\bin\nastran.exe” cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows. Please contact the software vendor to ask if a 64-bit Windows compatible version is available.

MSC Messages Display Program
MSC Architecture Selector Program Error Report
CreateProcess for “C:\MSC.Software\MD_Nastran_Student_Edition\20102\Nastran\bin\nastran.exe” failed. Error Code = 216, 0xd8.

MSC Messages Display Program
This version of %1 is not compatible with the version of Windows you’re running. Check your computer’s system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher.

These messages may indicate a compatibility problem even if you installed the correct version of the program. To fix the problem, add the following keywords when starting Nastran:

• prog=edu auth=edu arch=32