topic Re: Damaged Preference File in Installation & update

Damaged Preference File

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:14:27 GMT

I have recently installed Archicad 12 and all was well....until I tried opening a file and got "the Archicad preference file is damaged please delete it and restart Archicad":

1. what does this mean?
2. how do I delete it?

Can any one help, please?

Re: Damaged Preference File

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:36:38 GMT

I am on Windows Vista.
The preference file is a file which contains a lot of info about the settings within ArchiCAD.
For me it is located at:
C:\Users\Laci\Application Data\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 12.0.0 INT R1\ArchiCAD Basic.prf
Under XP and Mac it should be at some similar location.

If it is deleted, no problem, ArchiCAD will recreate it with default settings the next time it is started.

Maybe the file got damaged by some file system error or for some other reason. Not a big deal, the above will handle it for you.

Re: Damaged Preference File

Thomas Holm — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:35:40 GMT

Mac:
/users/Thomas/Library/Preferences/com.graphisoft.AC 12.0.0 INT v1.plist

Apply your username and version.

Re: Damaged Preference File

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:35:19 GMT

With XP it is in a slightly different location but you cetainly put me on the right track thanks
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 12.0.0 NZE R1

Re: Damaged Preference File

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:35:08 GMT

thank you, all! that was a big help for me as well!!!:)

Re: Damaged Preference File

Anonymous — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:39:48 GMT

That was reaaaaaly helpful. Thanks a lot !!!
p.s. Archicad or die

Re: Damaged Preference File

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 10:58:49 GMT

The archicad preferences file is damaged. Delete it and restart archicad ,any help u can offer me. Am using windows10