ArchiCAD 9
with
Will not install
Solution: Uninstall Java. Re-install java that came with ArchiCAD 9. Perform a custom install of ArchiCAD which excludes Graphisoft Shell Extensions from both the ArchiCAD and the Plotmaker install. Remove Wibu installation that ArchiCAD 9 performs. You may have to uninstall and re-install Wibu 5.2 if you have already done this. 16316d323q
Program Compatibility Assistant
Problem: Cannot start ArchiCAD 9 without the Program Compatibility Assistant dialog showing
Solution: None.
Warning Dialogs May Disappear
Problem: Warning dialogs display and shortly afterwards are overwritten
Solution: None.
Dialogs May be blank
Problem: An application covers an opening dialog. Once the application is moved the ArchiCAD or Plotmaker dialog is blank.
Solution: Move blank dialog almost off the screen and back. The contents will be refreshed.
Frequent crashes
Problem: The most likely cause is a hardware driver not fully compatible with Windows Vista
Solution: Follow steps detailed in the crash article. Uninstall your video card driver, and let Windows use its built-in Video card driver.
ArchiCAD 10
with
Graphisoft Shell Extensions incompatible with
Problem: ArchiCAD 10 enters "not responding" state during file operations such as "Save", "Save as" or "Sign-in".
Solution: Uninstall ALL versions of ArchiCAD completely. Perform a custom install of ArchiCAD leaving out Graphisoft Shell Extensions.
Dialog refresh problems with
Problem: Moving dialogs will erase underlying screen objects.
Solution: Right Click on desktop choose Personalize then Window Color and Appearance, change color scheme from Windows Aero to something else such as Windows Vista Basic.
Not possible to publish to PDF
Problem: Amyuni driver for ArchiCAD is not
available for
Solution: You need to use a Vista-compatible PDF creator, such as cutePDF or doPDF. An updated version of the Amyuni PDF converter can be purchased at amyuni.com. If the new version of Amyuni is installed, the "save as PDF" function will be available in ArchiCAD 10.
ArchiCAD will only run in demo mode
Problem: Wibu driver included with the install CD is not compatible
with
Solution: Wibu Version 5.2 must be downloaded separately from https://www.wibu.com/ and installed.
Context menus are occasionally wrong
Problem: The first right click does not bring up the expected context menu.
Solution: Try right clicking a few times and the expected context menu will come up.
Frequent crashes
Problem: The most likely cause is a hardware driver not fully compatible with Windows Vista
Solution: Follow steps detailed in the crash article. Uninstall your video card driver, and let Windows use its built-in Video card driver.
** An indication that un-installing the Graphisoft Shell extension was not successful would be the re-appearance of a previously deleted \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Graphisoft\Graphisoft Shell Extension key after launching ArchiCAD.
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