error message: please do not modify the resource file

[Anonymous]

While attempting to open Pagemaker I received the error message, "please do not modify the resource file". Now I can get no further.....I cannot open pagemaker v3.1 Archicad 8.1.......It worked just fine yesterday??

[Djordje]

design wrote:
While attempting to open Pagemaker I received the error message, "please do not modify the resource file". Now I can get no further.....I cannot open pagemaker v3.1 Archicad 8.1.......It worked just fine yesterday??

You have a virus.

Run the antivirus software that you have and clean the intruder!

[Anonymous]

Djordje - why the knee jerk response? It's not a virus, I had the same issue when I updated 8.1 to r2 plotmaker seems to lose it's links to resource file. A simple reinstall of plotmaker seems to do the trick. I been reading some of your comments in the forum, why must it always be a virus and not a bug on graphisoft's end?

[TomWaltz]

design wrote:
While attempting to open Pagemaker I received the error message, "please do not modify the resource file". Now I can get no further.....I cannot open pagemaker v3.1 Archicad 8.1.......It worked just fine yesterday??

Do you mean Pagemaker or Plotmaker?

[Laszlo Nagy]

flamingjawa wrote:
Djordje - why the knee jerk response? It's not a virus, I had the same issue when I updated 8.1 to r2 plotmaker seems to lose it's links to resource file. A simple reinstall of plotmaker seems to do the trick. I been reading some of your comments in the forum, why must it always be a virus and not a bug on graphisoft's end?

In the last several years this used to be the case. When a user received this "Do not modify the resource file" message, it was caused by a virus. I would have given the same advice.

But thanks for letting us know, now we know there are two possible causes for this message we are aware of.

[Anonymous]

Understood, it just seemed to me that more than just a virus could change the file.

It seems to be an issue with the plotmaker user info/registration information.

If what is typed in (i.e. Name and Company) during the installation of the update (8.1 R2/V2) does not match what was typed in during the original installation (8.1.0) I got the resource error. Might be good to have update installations look up that info rather than re-entering. Strange that, the user data should cause such a lockup, as most users overlook that kind of install info. I usually enter a series of letters just to fill the fields.

[Laszlo Nagy]

flamingjawa wrote:
Understood, it just seemed to me that more than just a virus could change the file.

It seems to be an issue with the plotmaker user info/registration information.

If what is typed in (i.e. Name and Company) during the installation of the update (8.1 R2/V2) does not match what was typed in during the original installation (8.1.0) I got the resource error. Might be good to have update installations look up that info rather than re-entering. Strange that, the user data should cause such a lockup, as most users overlook that kind of install info. I usually enter a series of letters just to fill the fields.

Hmmm, interesting and good to know.

[Djordje]

flamingjawa wrote:
Djordje - why the knee jerk response? It's not a virus, I had the same issue when I updated 8.1 to r2 plotmaker seems to lose it's links to resource file. A simple reinstall of plotmaker seems to do the trick. I been reading some of your comments in the forum, why must it always be a virus and not a bug on graphisoft's end?

Sorry, no knee jerking meant. IMHE it was always a virus.

Good that you found out the cause - as Laci said, good to know! What beats me, is why do you not input the correct data in PlotMaker