Nikhil Narale
Ansys Employee

Hello Kyle, 

 

As a first step, I would recommend you to check these forum discussions:
The Fluent application failed to validate the connection, what to do? (ansys.com)
Fluent Application failed to validate the connection? (ansys.com)

Please do not hesitate to provide any additional details or questions you may have.

Thanks!

Nikhil