What is acstart17.exe?

acstart17.exe is part of AutoCAD and developed by Autodesk, Inc according to the acstart17.exe version information.

acstart17.exe's description is "AutoCAD Startup Accelerator"

acstart17.exe is digitally signed by Autodesk, Inc.

acstart17.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about acstart17.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on acstart17.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameAutoCAD
Company nameAutodesk, Inc
File descriptionAutoCAD Startup Accelerator
Internal nameacstart17.EXE
Original filenameacstart17.EXE
CommentsAccelerates the startup of AutoCAD by populating disk cache
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 1982-2006 by Autodesk, Inc.
Product version17.0.54.0
File version17.0.54.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAutoCAD
Company nameAutodesk, Inc
File descriptionAutoCAD Startup Accelerator
Internal nameacstart17.EXE
Original filenameacstart17.EXE
CommentsAccelerates the startup of AutoCAD b..
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 1982-2006 by Autodesk,..
Product version17.0.54.0
File version17.0.54.0

Digital signatures [?]

acstart17.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAutodesk, Inc
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number038c44aaa07757419cb39107992a3a73

VirusTotal report

None of the 51 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the acstart17.exe file.

None of the 51 anti-virus programs detected the acstart17.exe file.

Folder name variants

acstart17.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ad61c37e1d1e56fafc5ff7e3cb2d3efa
SHA256f723b0cd349451de212186f7d428d244b6e8ce6f65d0503d9677c07b9138cb5b

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to acstart17.exe:

acstart17.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

acstart17.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

AutoCAD Startup Accelerator has stopped working.

End Program - acstart17.exe. This program is not responding.

acstart17.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

acstart17.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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User vote results: There were 19 votes to remove and 25 votes to keep

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