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WINDOWS 7 -- adminstrator or not administator ?

When running ARchicad 13 in Windows 7 under administrator I cannot drag Pdf files into the floorplan. with "run as administrator "turned off this works perfectly. Also when not running as administrator I cannot overwrite gdl files and need to create ...

RandyC by Enthusiast
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AC13 Crash on exit

Archicad 13 crashes on the normal exit command. The latest crash on exit left the lock file in the directory. This is the latest of many crashes. With previous crashes I had to reinstall AC13 as it said my .prf file was corrupt but it was not even in...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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keyboard challenges; wireless and/or usb connected

Using ArchiCad 13, but also seen in v.12. At various times within an ArchiCad session, functionality of a number of keys ( /,",]) will default to symbols with recovery within the same session occurring rarely. When this occurs, various other programs...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Why does my trace reference 'pulse'?

I've been having an on-off issue that when the trace reference is turned on and I hold the cursor over an item to select it the whole screen 'pulses' or flashes as if its repeatedly rebuilding or something and the zoom and pan is erratic. Happened in...

Arcadia by Contributor
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AC 12 - AC13 Requirements

Hey everyone, Just before Christmas last year switched from archiCAD 12 - archiCAD 13. Since then, 3 out of 5 people using archiCAD are having considerable trouble. problems such as not being able to see the rubber band when stretch or dragging objec...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Archicad 13 recorded installation problem

Hi. I have created a recorded installation for Archicad 13, Education license but I am unable to push this out silently during system boot as it is always bringing up the "registration data" screen. The license key is correct and it only requires the...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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AC-13 Crashes frequently

Hi, Sadly my 13 crashes about once a day, sometimes repeatedly. AC-12 is still fine. Anyone else find that v13 is not rock hard stable? Snap

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Input file is incorrect or memory full!!

What the h....! I have been working on a module file in one day, and it looks like modules files don't create bkp files!!! So now my file looks like corrupted, impossible to open, and no backup! the msg I get is "Input file is incorrect or memory ful...

Anonymous by Not applicable
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Help Menu urls no longer work

Hi I recently did a windows repair to deal with something non ArchiCAD related, and everything seems to work fine .. except that the links installed by default in the ArchiCAD help menu to things like this forum, or to PDF guides etc. no linger do an...