topic Re: Startup Browser Limit Files in Installation & update

Startup Browser Limit Files

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:37:31 GMT

Is there a way to limit the number of .pln files listed in the Startup Browser window? I can "x' them out but seem to appear again when reopening the software. The longer the list it seems the longer the delay after selecting Browse. I rarely select files directly from the startup list. Thanks

Re: Startup Browser Limit Files

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 19:41:15 GMT

I don't know about any setting that could influence this, but I found this other thread that talks about the slowness of the Startup Dialog, and solutions were suggested (Preferences cleaning, reinstalling Archicad) which solved the slowness issue:

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=69407

Re: Startup Browser Limit Files

vistasp — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 05:59:52 GMT

Not sure about this but it could be taking longer if the startup dialog is generating thumbnails. Try setting it to list and see if that helps?

Re: Startup Browser Limit Files

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:57:18 GMT

I appreciate the replies. Deleting the preferences didn’t seem to help. Yes using the list option in lieu of the thumbnail is quicker but does slow once the list gets long. I work on multiple different jobs a day so list can populate fairly quickly. Best option I found is to just keep “x”ing out the files to reduce list length. It just creates another step and slows the process of getting to the file I want to open. I wish that we could either limit the number of files or totally bypass the startup browser. I switched to archicad a couple of years ago from a 2d software that allowed me to work as fast as I could think. Having to get use to misc archicad situations where I have to slow down stop and rethink. I’m sure most of that will get better as I get better with the software.