ArchiCAD freezes - solution

[Paul King]

Anyone who like me who has been experiencing repeated freezes, lasting perhaps a couple of minutes each time, particularly when switching between ArchiCAD and other applications - here is what worked for me:

The problem may well be your Wibu CodeMeter dongle's license borrowing feature, repeatedly attempting to scan the network for a license server

The workaround (as advised by Wibu Tech support) is to switch this feature off. Only do this if you don't need to connect with a network licence server obviously.

What we can try is to disable the TCP/IP and UDP using of CodeMeter and set the communication to “shared Memory” communication. In this case only local using of the CmStick is possible.

Please do the following:
- Stop the CodeMeter Services via the CodeMeter Control Panel – Action - Stop CodeMeter Service
- Open the registry (regsvr32.exe) and edit the following Key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WIBU-SYSTEMS\CodeMeter\Server\CurrentVersion]
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ApiCommunicationMode = "2"
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- Restart the CodeMeter Services via the CodeMeter Control Panel – Action - Start CodeMeter Service

After this CodeMeter.exe run in the “SharedMemory” Mode and do not use a Port or any kind of TCP/IP or UDP communication.

Hope this helps somebody else - issue had been causing me a serious headache for many many months.