topic How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile? in Modeling

How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

Laura Yanoviak — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:17:41 GMT

AC Help is of no help...

I've created a custom installation package via Graphisoft's recommendations, which automatically loads our office's WE profiles when installing AC10 on individual computers. This is nice; however, the loaded WE profiles are locked. Since locked profiles cannot be deleted, how do I unlock them in order to update as needed?

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

SeaGeoff — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:29:08 GMT

On the Mac the profile xml files are locked in the Finder so I suspect the same would be true with windows. Why not just remove/delete those profiles manually by navigating to where they are stored?

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

Anonymous — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:00:36 GMT

Laura,

Did you ever figure out a way to remove unwanted profiles from all the work environments sections? Some are locked and seem to have no means to delete.

Thanks in advance.

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

JaredBanks — Tue, 12 May 2015 17:33:55 GMT

Let's revive this. There is a certain add-on company that creates new work environment schemes and locks them. Even when you uninstall the add-ons the schemes stay. Anyone know how to get rid of them?

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

Matt Balaam — Wed, 13 May 2015 06:05:02 GMT

I had this same issue when I created an installation package.

In order to remove the locked profiles (on a PC, not sure about Mac):

1. Close all instances of ArchiCAD.
2. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Program Files\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 18\Defaults\ArchiCAD\WorkEnvironment
3. Go through all of the subfolders and delete the unwanted profile XML files.
4. Go back to Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Roaming\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD-64 18.0.0 AUS R1 (or your local version)\WorkEnvironment.
5. Go through all of the subfolders and delete the unwanted profile XML files.
6. Reopen ArchiCAD and the locked profiles should be gone.

Keep in mind that AppData is often a hidden folder. If you can't see it simply type that folder manually into the address bar and hit Enter.

I found that you have to delete them from both locations. If you only delete them from your user profile ArchiCAD will keep making them again each time you start the program.

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

JaredBanks — Wed, 13 May 2015 17:17:35 GMT

Thanks. This gets me so close, but there must be one step or slight change for mac users. I feel like I should be seeing everything, but of course what I need is still invisible. So frustrating!

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 13 May 2015 18:44:29 GMT

Download Onyx
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx
and use it to turn all invisible files visible.

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

JaredBanks — Wed, 13 May 2015 19:13:49 GMT

Cool app, but didn't reveal what I needed. Very curious.

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

Matt Balaam — Wed, 13 May 2015 22:25:38 GMT

JaredBanks wrote:
Thanks. This gets me so close, but there must be one step or slight change for mac users. I feel like I should be seeing everything, but of course what I need is still invisible. So frustrating!

Can you search the entire computer (including hidden files etc.) for the relevant XML files and delete them? The Work Environment window in ArchiCAD will let you know what name each part is saved under.

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

JaredBanks — Thu, 14 May 2015 00:16:46 GMT

no luck.

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 14 May 2015 14:00:43 GMT

On Windows Work Environments are stored at this location:

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD-64 18.0.0 INT R1\WorkEnvironment

also

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD-64 18.0.0 INT R1\Latest WorkEnvironment

There must be something similar for the Mac.
You may have to delete or unlock (or modify them from read-only) those Profiles and Schemes from here to make them disappear.

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

Anonymous — Thu, 14 May 2015 14:02:46 GMT

JaredBanks wrote:
Let's revive this. There is a certain add-on company that creates new work environment schemes and locks them. Even when you uninstall the add-ons the schemes stay. Anyone know how to get rid of them?

Question do you need to get rid of them cause they disrupt your work flow OR they just "bug" you?

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 14 May 2015 14:09:04 GMT

johnadrian wrote:
JaredBanks wrote:
Let's revive this. There is a certain add-on company that creates new work environment schemes and locks them. Even when you uninstall the add-ons the schemes stay. Anyone know how to get rid of them?
Question do you need to get rid of them cause they disrupt your work flow OR they just "bug" you?

That is an easy answer. Of course it bugs him! We architects with Obsessive/Compulsive tendencies hate things that we can't control

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

JaredBanks — Thu, 14 May 2015 17:28:14 GMT

ejrolon wrote:
johnadrian wrote:
JaredBanks wrote:
Let's revive this. There is a certain add-on company that creates new work environment schemes and locks them. Even when you uninstall the add-ons the schemes stay. Anyone know how to get rid of them?
Question do you need to get rid of them cause they disrupt your work flow OR they just "bug" you?
That is an easy answer. Of course it bugs him! We architects with Obsessive/Compulsive tendencies hate things that we can't control

What he said! I hate not being in control of these little things. But more importantly, as I share everything I do, I don't like having clutter or things that other people don't have. So for instance, if I'm going to share my work environment, I don't want other people to get cluttered with my weird garbage. I know I can export things individually, but if I'm doing a screen capture video, I want what is shown to be the same as what people watching would see on their own machines.

In general I like to either be using what comes out of the box or what can be built from what's in the box (virtual box since we don't get discs anymore).

So yeah, it's just a personal crusade for perfection.

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

Anonymous — Fri, 15 May 2015 05:31:28 GMT

Jared

Have you had a look through the plists?
I dare say there will be something in there regarding those add-ons.
It's that exact sort of behaviour from add-on suppliers that makes me wary.
And also the reason I have a second machine for testing them!

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

JaredBanks — Fri, 15 May 2015 05:51:31 GMT

I have not. I've crept up to that point, but then shied away. Might look tomorrow.

Re: How do you unlock a Work Environment Profile?

Anonymous — Sat, 16 May 2015 01:02:32 GMT

JaredBanks wrote:

In general I like to either be using what comes out of the box or what can be built from what's in the box (virtual box since we don't get discs anymore).

So yeah, it's just a personal crusade for perfection.

With that said, you can either 1. continue to look for a way to delete these unwanted schemes; or 2. Reload AC18 all over again; or 3. just wait till June till the new release. Happy hunting