Overview
In M-Files the December 2023 release (23.11) there was a change where when a DWG file is opened via AutoCAD (acad.exe) the file will always be checked out if the user has Edit access. This was an intentional change by our product development team to avoid certain situations where issues arose around the checkout of AutoCAD files.
- This means that even if a user chooses "Read-only", it will still check out the file.
- This also overrides any personal settings in the Client for file extension behavior.
Solution
If this behavior is disruptive or not acceptable to end users, it can be reverted to the old behavior with the following registry setting:
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Motive\M-Files\<version>\Client\MFClient\Processes\acad.exe Value name: EnableDirectCheckOut Value type: REG_DWORD (DWORD 32-bit Value) Value data: 0 (Default 1) Enables and disables automatic checkout of DWG files
