Altium Designer 13.3.4 copy (Ctrl+C) error in AdvSch.dll?

I have problem with Altium Designer, when I want do copy any compoment in schematic editor. For example I select resistor in schematic and in menu select copy or press Ctrl+C, AD report error "InvalidParameter at 18B54B74. AdvSch.dll, Base Address: 186D0000."
Detailed report

date/time : 2013-07-22, 06:38:32, 629ms
computer name : PC-WI
user name : Wi
registered owner : Wi
operating system : Windows 7 x64 Service Pack 1 build 7601
system language : Sw
system up time : 9 minutes 47 seconds
program up time : 6 minutes 33 seconds
processors : 8x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
physical memory : 4130/6135 MB (free/total)
free disk space : (C 40,01 GB
display mode : 1920x1200, 32 bit
process id : $cc0
allocated memory : 215,24 MB
executable : DXP.EXE
current module : AdvSch.dll
module date/time : 2013-06-12 11:12
compiled with : Delphi 2010
madExcept version : 3.0k
callstack crc : $c9d69e78, $e9754e8d, $9187f4be
exception number : 7
exception class : EGPLoadError
exception message : InvalidParameter.

thread $cdc:
18b54b74 +044 AdvSch.dll ~~IQWZhwQ_l~~ 15525 +4 ~~bjps0>jM4.GMbc2d7.@lLzZb8VxQ~~
18b45f9c +050 AdvSch.dll ~~IQWZhwQ_l~~ 7336 +2 ~~bjps0>jM4.GMbnAtCh>j$.>pCcEi~~
191e91cc +0a8 AdvSch.dll ~~ac$eCdAaAdpCvEjAl>EiEiIiKyY~~ 289 +16 ~~Zb&dBc,Z,coBuDi,k<DhDhHhJxX.qsMuStQqQtzLt8cFx9W>Y3U5SY2Y2c2eBs.uUyH0NZ3f5T1Vz$btGrEgIm>MnFj@nO~~
191f14ed +099 AdvSch.dll ~~JLwN2M0J0M~~ 2090 +10 ~~13X5d4b1b4.GY0QS3U9_h7h_.<uS6gIBU8NvRuR$oqKsQR5O5RXaix~~
191ec145 +1c1 AdvSch.dll ~~JLwN2M0J0M~~ 669 +27 ~~npJrPqNnNq.9KmCEpGvwTtTw.zWoBm,bDlIvxU9q~~
19411146 +0b6 AdvSch.dll ~~RjlsuR3Y&ilIkNzMzb~~ 1647 +5 ~~p79,BpKwT69g8lGkGz.BTVceBnIwSV9U<j$jL.N1ZG~~
1950c502 +03e AdvSch.dll ~~PR5a&V8U&55R&NpF~~ 477 +2 ~~ceBnIiEhIBBeIa2S.U8d>Y@XQS6eL~~
189b7956 +042 AdvSch.dll ~~Xo70BfF0N4&hFqDpCpRrT1Y@~~ 3031 +3 ~~2CVOg_kOsSa&kEiDhDwFyP3Z.suR3YyUx8R@h9Z3d.o<rNpFHvQ2LyK~~
195df9a1 +095 AdvSch.dll ~~LXxO1uuG1Ce@~~ 1962 +12 ~~z@U2YRRuYqBi.1,qN6TvX1NP3Y_T6Sd3gCe@Y>.JjMzKrtQ2XxTw~~
00bf3b33 +1f3 DXP.EXE ~~Xo702W4R4goJySwRvR_T&dAn~~ 979 +29 ~~r8KDFqHlH08dBm,l>lNnPxU7.JLwNrN6.HlHkwJ1c2Rv~~
00e1cd88 +128 DXP.EXE ~~QfFtEiJ1&V>l$d7hI~~ 306 +20 ~~o3dAc6hITtW9U1O5g.z<oLnAsTe4hDf&Z,.KkN0Ls~~
00e0f7bf +02b DXP.EXE ~~KZkmJwY>mGy~~ 300 +1 ~~m1&<lH0a<iJ.ceHzb>k2P6k<oo,sJxT.XDh9mOs~~
0073dbc1 +039 DXP.EXE ~~GdstCtU~~ 15024 +5 ~~Zw@&V&n.6mKLlLT&Z@.<lnHpAk~~
0073db59 +039 DXP.EXE ~~GdstCtU~~ 15012 +4 ~~d0>,Z,r._qOPpPX,d>.BjJn>rtNvGq~~
0073fde2 +116 DXP.EXE ~~GdstCtU~~ 16192 +23 ~~n_IJjJ1.DgMNnNV<b$>mI1b>j.lIvX<lFZ&X8Z1U~~
00742142 +06e DXP.EXE ~~GdstCtU~~ 17349 +8 ~~p&KLlL3.FiOPpPQ_mO2Ya<kM3a@.$kGzZ$h1XzT1Mw~~
007341bc +118 DXP.EXE ~~GdstCtU~~ 9831 +28 ~~m9HIiI0.CEyZBpKnTUuUW_gIzW7.MYjkN6iFs&k~~
0051eac8 +2d4 DXP.EXE ~~IKyU$nKvW~~ ~~Zb>lN4b&n.68fBuU8c.yUx&mJl~~
00523390 +568 DXP.EXE ~~IKyU$nKvW~~ ~~ceBoQ7e>q.9OwSU8eGxU5.KxJY>m<~~
00734b2c +17c DXP.EXE ~~GdstCtU~~ 10140 +44 ~~i5DEeEw.>AuV<lGjPQqQS6cEvS3.IvHW$k&~~
00522a30 +02c DXP.EXE ~~IKyU$nKvW~~ ~~giFsU@iCu.$S0WY&iK1Y9.Ee&i4a3BsPr~~
0045817c +014 DXP.EXE ~~HJuDvW0b~~ ~~SU5O6h@m.4g9O1NcCqB~~
75677885 +00a USER32.dll DispatchMessageW
0073066f +167 DXP.EXE ~~GdstCtU~~ 7895 +45 ~~cz<>Y>q.9VBCcCR5dGv7U7k.zW@oM~~
00bad520 +0ac DXP.EXE ~~Odo7h@Ya<kM3a@m~~ 681 +12 ~~et4GxKoqN0cCqK2.DkH3FwJnnOdApS7~~
00bbfb7a +06a DXP.EXE ~~KQks4N0JpCt~~ 725 +7 ~~ou<FRrNnCgG.Zfz7Cc>Y4R8.JqN9L2PttUjGvY$$p~~
00bbfae9 +02d DXP.EXE ~~KQks4N0JpCt~~ 710 +2 ~~ms&DPpLlAeE.Xdx5Aa$W2P6.HoL7J0NrrShEtW@~~
19302a4c +244 AdvSch.dll ~~HzKrV3Q&~~ 3755 +24 ~~dEg$rImR.k2Nu>g_p.6jFU8gJy_X_n~~
192ff45b +00f AdvSch.dll ~~HzKrV3Q&~~ 2514 +2 ~~jKmCxOsX.q8T0Em,v.xRzKu9jGi&nOHY6V2e~~
193004a9 +201 AdvSch.dll ~~HzKrV3Q&~~ 2974 +63 ~~Y,b8mDhM.fxIp_b5k.wT$oBV_~~
187d6db0 +038 AdvSch.dll ~~IKyU$nKvW~~ 7306 +2 ~~bdAnP6d<p.8_hDwW_e.hEQ4hIm6e~~
187d6e4d +015 AdvSch.dll ~~IKyU$nKvW~~ 7325 +2 ~~dfCpR8f,r._&jFyY&g.2<OP9lN1XrP~~
187d6410 +2d4 AdvSch.dll ~~IKyU$nKvW~~ 7062 +91 ~~Zb>lN4b&n.68fBuU8c.yUx&mJl~~
187dacd8 +568 AdvSch.dll ~~IKyU$nKvW~~ 9819 +144 ~~ceBoQ7e>q.9OwSU8eGxU5.KxJY>m<~~
187da378 +02c AdvSch.dll ~~IKyU$nKvW~~ 9540 +3 ~~giFsU@iCu.$S0WY&iK1Y9.Ee&i4a3BsPr~~
1872b9ec +014 AdvSch.dll ~~HJuDvW0b~~ 13015 +8 ~~SU5O6h@m.4g9O1NcCqB~~
75677885 +00a USER32.dll DispatchMessageW
006b890c +0f4 DXP.EXE ~~Ofyr9qR_X9,nKuV~~ 490 +23 ~~$NgZrY,sFryV9cD.WdAoHl<<mKvMo<qHvR.Y&jCg99hFqHj9lCqMbBpAeFx9W<p>e8~~
004f648e +00a DXP.EXE ~~FKyY_l~~ ~~glIzU&.OO3b&d5O7Y&i.p>l<i&HlM4NtG~~
004f67b9 +0c9 DXP.EXE ~~FKyY_l~~ ~~Wb>pK2.EEtR2TvExO2Y.pS5~~
758533a8 +010 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $c98:
759615e3 +fa KERNELBASE.dll WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
75851a27 +89 kernel32.dll WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
75680864 +00 USER32.dll MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
75680b64 +1a USER32.dll MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $a88:
75677908 +26 USER32.dll GetMessageW
00e25c58 +14 DXP.EXE ~~MX@iGJnPtExU@~~ 167 +3 ~~p0X@jm,sFhJxX.q1Y&knAtGiKyY.cIm<rTx0NsBvP8~~
00e25bf0 +4c DXP.EXE ~~MX@iGJnPtExU@~~ 154 +14 ~~itQ4cf9l>aCqQ.juR5dg_m,bDrR.VBf7kMq~~
00e24052 +32 DXP.EXE ~~QiP7j$i.1R8VvHpLr~~ 155 +4 ~~o6nO7U6.IpPtCf$j>.RnK1UnDuHh_.<uHjM5SoL2V~~
00e23eca +6a DXP.EXE ~~QiP7j$i.1R8VvHpLr~~ 109 +4 ~~s_rS@Y_.MtTxGjAnC.VrO5YrHyLl<ByLnQ9gG.K7UwZBf~~
0045565a +42 DXP.EXE ~~HJuDvW0b~~ ~~SU5O6h@m.5V&ZzLaAo,~~
0040793c +28 DXP.EXE ~~GYFxZ3Y~~ 133 +0 ~~UmT@nAm.5V&ZzLhHhFuHy~~
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $d08:
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $588: <priority:2>
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $d2c: <priority:-1>
759615e3 +fa KERNELBASE.dll WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
75851a27 +89 kernel32.dll WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
0047dd1a +56 DXP.EXE ~~IaHuFTuM4~~ ~~ewd,bp,iJ.cj9f8c6De$a2e.0JrTY&m~~
0069ec2e +c6 DXP.EXE ~~Pgzs<lLvIzBiIm&Y~~ 152 +18 ~~l2E<T7hAeEX4e8Ru.$S6g,dDW3d7Qt.xd7S&oB~~
0045565a +42 DXP.EXE ~~HJuDvW0b~~ ~~SU5O6h@m.5V&ZzLaAo,~~
0040793c +28 DXP.EXE ~~GYFxZ3Y~~ 133 +0 ~~UmT@nAm.5V&ZzLhHhFuHy~~
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $d44:
75963bc2 +5f KERNELBASE.dll SleepEx
75964493 +0a KERNELBASE.dll Sleep
0ebdc9e3 +93 FpgaFlow.DLL ~~Xj9f5UyrwN4ZEeEi3Q7i,nJ1~~ 406 +21 ~~u6P2LrE<CkKwb1b5JnN5W_gH.aiEh@rEv<eEi8U.YEi_nPt~~
0e5543f6 +42 FpgaFlow.DLL ~~HJuDvW0b~~ ~~SU5O6h@m.5V&ZzLaAo,~~
0e507a38 +28 FpgaFlow.DLL ~~GYFxZ3Y~~ 134 +0 ~~UmT@nAm.5V&ZzLhHhFuHy~~
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $d48: <priority:-2>
75677908 +26 USER32.dll GetMessageW
16f236ff +8b VersionControl.DLL ~~QRrCmBsP9f8KrRvEh~~ 551 +12 ~~tuDf>eEsV8UnDuHh_.Mhj12LnGmM0d,cvL2PpB.F2PrU$a~~
16bfcc12 +42 VersionControl.DLL ~~HJuDvW0b~~ ~~SU5O6h@m.5V&ZzLaAo,~~
16bb70e0 +28 VersionControl.DLL ~~GYFxZ3Y~~ 134 +0 ~~UmT@nAm.5V&ZzLhHhFuHy~~
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $738:
75963bc2 +5f KERNELBASE.dll SleepEx
75964493 +0a KERNELBASE.dll Sleep
071fbec8 +f4 InstallationManager.DLL ~~SlLlHz2ZErLzIl1e8l>~~ 866 +2 ~~AT_T6hkH3Z_h7TjMqTx.,S9S5g6R_b>loL7d<l@XnQuX1.DOwX,d,dDW3d7Qt.xd7S&oB~~
06cdba92 +42 InstallationManager.DLL ~~HJuDvW0b~~ ~~SU5O6h@m.5V&ZzLaAo,~~
06c96f10 +28 InstallationManager.DLL ~~GYFxZ3Y~~ ~~UmT@nAm.5V&ZzLhHhFuHy~~
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $c44: <priority:-1>
759615e3 +fa KERNELBASE.dll WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
75851a27 +89 kernel32.dll WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
1dfba6ca +56 EditEmbedded.DLL ~~IaHuFTuM4~~ ~~ewd,bp,iJ.cj9f8c6De$a2e.0JrTY&m~~
1dfb4e3e +42 EditEmbedded.DLL ~~HJuDvW0b~~ ~~SU5O6h@m.5V&ZzLaAo,~~
1df67a3c +28 EditEmbedded.DLL ~~GYFxZ3Y~~ ~~UmT@nAm.5V&ZzLhHhFuHy~~
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $11bc:
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $1354:
75961497 +92 KERNELBASE.dll WaitForSingleObjectEx
7585118f +3e kernel32.dll WaitForSingleObjectEx
75851143 +0d kernel32.dll WaitForSingleObject
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $e14:
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

thread $c48:
758533a8 +10 kernel32.dll BaseThreadInitThunk

disassembling:
[...]
18b54b60 mov ecx, [ebp-$c]
18b54b63 mov dl, 1
18b54b65 mov eax, [$18b35a1c]
18b54b6a call -$460d73 ($186f3dfc) ; ~~IaHzCvMxY~~.~~ZrY,T&d<p.tZ1O3f$kG.IzMmOs~~
18b54b6f call -$47d4c4 ($186d76b0) ; ~~GYFxZ3Y~~.~~TlS_m,l.fwFnOswc4R6i~~
18b54b74 15525 > xor eax, eax
18b54b76 pop edx
18b54b77 pop ecx
18b54b78 pop ecx
18b54b79 mov fs:[eax], edx
18b54b7c push $18b54b91
[...]

Last commands:
06:31:58.816 %Designspace%:OpenObject (ObjectKind=LastWorkspace)
06:32:03.527 HelpAdvisor:UpdateHotkeysPanel
06:32:03.879 HelpAdvisor:UpdateHotkeysPanel
06:32:07.134 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\KCIntros.chm::/Part.htm)
06:32:09.031 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\Advsch.chm::/PLSch_Copy.htm)
06:32:09.041 Sch:Copy (ClipboardMode=ClipboardRing)
06:32:10.171 HelpAdvisor:UpdateHotkeysPanel
06:36:37.731 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\KCIntros.chm::/Part.htm)
06:36:47.567 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\Advsch.chm::/PLSch_Paste.htm)
06:36:47.575 Schaste
06:36:56.119 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\Advsch.chm::/PLSch_Copy.htm)
06:36:56.126 Sch:Copy (ClipboardMode=ClipboardRing)
06:37:00.781 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\Advsch.chm::/PLSch_Paste.htm)
06:37:00.785 Schaste
06:37:04.253 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\KCIntros.chm::/Text_Frame.htm)
06:37:04.716 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\Advsch.chm::/PLSch_Clear.htm)
06:37:04.719 Sch:Clear
06:37:06.879 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\KCIntros.chm::/Text_Frame.htm)
06:37:07.231 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\Advsch.chm::/PLSch_Clear.htm)
06:37:07.234 Sch:Clear
06:37:12.831 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\KCIntros.chm::/Part.htm)
06:37:14.633 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\Advsch.chm::/PLSch_Copy.htm)
06:37:14.641 Sch:Copy (ClipboardMode=ClipboardRing)
06:38:30.849 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\KCIntros.chm::/Part.htm)
06:38:32.616 HelpAdvisor:ShowDynamicHelp (Address=C:\Program Files (x86)\Altium\AD13\Help\Advsch.chm::/PLSch_Copy.htm)
06:38:32.625 Sch:Copy (ClipboardMode=ClipboardRing)

Any advise?

It seems your AdvSch.dll file is corrupted.
Restart AD once, also try to reboot your system once.

I had this issue with AD13 and AD14 after reinstalling and in SAFE MODE just in case it was some other program interfering. Well it turn out that this issue was related to the spooler service being turned off. I have a habit of turning off features on my computer that i do not use, and since i dont have a printer attached to my machine... i stoped the spooler service. So make sure that it is running first before you run altium.

go to start -> run -> type "cmd"

in the command prompt window type:
net start spooler

You should see this:
The Print Spooler service is starting.
The Print Spooler service was started successfully.

Re-open Altium and you should be good.

Why in the world AD needs the spooler service turned on to do a simple copy paste operation is beyond me.

I have been having this same issue also with AD13 and AD14, but unfortunately my spooler service was/is already running. I've tried completely uninstalling/reinstalling AD14 but that did not fix the issue. I am now also having trouble with AD saying that I have no printers installed. Any thoughts?

sstandfast said:

I have been having this same issue also with AD13 and AD14, but unfortunately my spooler service was/is already running. I've tried completely uninstalling/reinstalling AD14 but that did not fix the issue. I am now also having trouble with AD saying that I have no printers installed. Any thoughts?

Click to expand...

Goto uninstall, under options, choose uninstall preferences instead of whole program. It will redetect all the printers and fix this copy and paste problem.

Atom68 said:

Goto uninstall, under options, choose uninstall preferences instead of whole program. It will redetect all the printers and fix this copy and paste problem.

Click to expand...

Same issue and the problem has not been solved