topic ArchiCAD Education License Issues in Licensing

ArchiCAD Education License Issues

desktopdevelopment — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:57:18 GMT

We are performing an unattended installation of ArchiCAD using the following:

Archicad-28.0.0-AUS.exe --mode unattended --desktopshortcut 1 --eduSerialNumber XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --eduUserID abc@xyz.edu.au

ArchiCAD installs fine, but the license activation fails. If we manually activate, it works fine though.

Anyone come across this issue?

Operating system used: Windows

Re: ArchiCAD Education License Issues

Lingwisyer — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:09:11 GMT

Did you try signing in?

Re: ArchiCAD Education License Issues

desktopdevelopment — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:01:41 GMT

No. This is a deployment for classroom devices. So, shouldn't require to sign in for activation is my understanding.

Re: ArchiCAD Education License Issues

desktopdevelopment — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:59:31 GMT

It works fine if manually activated but we need the installation to be an unattended one.

Re: ArchiCAD Education License Issues

Lingwisyer — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:23:31 GMT

Have you checked the formatting for the serial number? No spaces, not hyphens.

Re: ArchiCAD Education License Issues

frankcastle0099 — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:08:30 GMT

Hey there. Did you ever get anywhere with this? I'm running into the same boat with v29. So far support has confirmed that my key type is correct and it should work, however it just kind of... doesn't. I'm about out of options as far as what I can see and still waiting on support to get back to me after my most recent reply confirming another strikeout. Got to wondering if you got lucky in your digging and figured it out or if you were still spinning your wheels.