I’ve recently upgraded to windows 8.1 and had some issues with running 3dsmax without admin rights (not sure why… but get a assembly.wrapper.dll error if it’s run without admin rights)
It’s now working normally, however when deadline tries to render something it gives the error below.
I am aware it also mentioned a difference in ServicePacks (the original job was submitten from the old win 7 install with older SP) but I’m very sure that isn’t the issue as all the other rendernodes also have SP3 and render it without a problem.
I’ve also given the 3dsmaxcmd.exe admin rights but that doesn’t seem to matter.
anything I missed that needs to change under win 8.1?
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Error
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Error in StartJob: Error starting "C:\Software\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsmaxcmd.exe" in "C:\Software\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014" : The requested operation requires elevation.
(System.Exception)
at FranticX.Processes.ChildProcess.a(String A_0, String A_1, String A_2)
at FranticX.Processes.ChildProcess.Launch(String executable, String arguments, String startupDirectory)
at Python.Runtime.Dispatcher.TrueDispatch(ArrayList args)
at Python.Runtime.Dispatcher.Dispatch(ArrayList args)
at Deadline.Plugins.DeadlinePlugin.StartJob()
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.StartJob(Job job, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)
at Deadline.Plugins.ScriptPlugin.StartJob(Job job, String& outMessage, AbortLevel& abortLevel)
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Type
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RenderPluginException
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Stack Trace
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at Deadline.Plugins.Plugin.StartJob(Job job)
at Deadline.Slaves.SlaveRenderThread.a(TaskLogWriter A_0)
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Full Log
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0: Task timeout is disabled.
0: Loaded job: FD_NC_3_in_1_Propped_Racks_.tif [REST OF FRAMES] (534e675a3cc68918a42655e9)
0: Skipping drive mapping because they have already been mapped for this job
0: INFO: Executing plugin script C:\Users\nixx\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\HEX-I7\plugins\534e675a3cc68918a42655e9\3dsmax.py
0: INFO: About: 3dsmax Plugin for Deadline
0: INFO: The current environment will be used for rendering
0: INFO: Start Job called - starting up 3dsmax plugin
0: INFO: Sys Env Var PATH: C:\Software\Thinkbox\Deadline6\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\idmu\common;C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\_Media\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner\
0: INFO: Sys Env Var PATH length: 328
0: INFO: Backburner Path(s) Found in PATH: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Backburner\'
0: INFO: Backburner server.exe version: 2014.0.0.1635
0: INFO: Rendering with 3dsmax version: 2014
0: INFO: Not forcing a build of 3dsmax because version 2014 and later is 64 bit only
0: INFO: Rendering with executable: C:\Software\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsmax.exe
0: INFO: Slave 3dsmax.exe version: 16.3.253.0
0: INFO: Slave 3dsmax.exe description: 3dsMax 2014 + servicepack_sp3/subs_py_stereo_cam_extension
0: INFO: Submitted from 3dsmax.exe version: 16.2.475.0
0: INFO: Submitted from 3dsmax.exe description: 3dsMax 2014 + servicepack_sp2
0: WARNING: Slave's 3dsmax version is NOT the same as the 3dsmax version that was used to submit this job! Unexpected results may occur!
0: INFO: Checking registry for 3dsmax language code
0: INFO: Language code string: ENU
0: INFO: Language sub directory: en-US
0: INFO: Fail on existing 3dsmax process: 0
0: INFO: Load 3dsmax timeout: 1000 seconds
0: INFO: Start job timeout: 1000 seconds
0: INFO: Progress update timeout: 8000 seconds
0: INFO: Progress update timeout disabled: 0
0: INFO: Kill ADSK WSCommCntr*.exe process: False
0: INFO: Slave mode enabled: 1
0: INFO: Silent mode enabled: 0
0: INFO: Local rendering enabled: 1
0: INFO: Running render sanity check using 3dsmaxcmd.exe
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Details
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Date: 04/17/2014 00:48:44
Frames: 11
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00:02
Job Submit Date: 04/16/2014 13:19:56
Job User: nixx
Average RAM Usage: 3480231424 (11%)
Peak RAM Usage: 3483668480 (11%)
Average CPU Usage: 18%
Peak CPU Usage: 21%
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Slave Information
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Slave Name: HEX-I7
Version: v6.2.0.18 R (eab066972)
Operating System: Windows 81 Pro
Machine User: nixx
IP Address: fe80::d85a:2778:90bc:beea%10
MAC Address: 54:04:A6:3C:D7:BC
CPU Architecture: x64
CPUs: 12
CPU Usage: 17%
Memory Usage: 3.2 GB / 32.0 GB (10%)
Free Disk Space: 666.479 GB (99.363 GB on C:\, 434.301 GB on D:\, 132.814 GB on F:\)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580– edit
okay, by now I believe it’s definitely something to do with the tightened admin right in win 8.1
I wasn’t aware till now, but running cmd with admin rights is apparently referred to as the “elevated mode”
which makes me believe that the part below is complaining about the enough rights within the cmd environment.
However, other then settings 3dsmaxcmd.exe by default to run in admin mode I have no idea how to fix this 
Error in StartJob: Error starting "C:\Software\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014\3dsmaxcmd.exe" in "C:\Software\Autodesk\3ds Max 2014" : The requested operation requires elevation.