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Alt + F2 Issue

LuGine
Contributor

Hi Community,

 

I have an issue with using Alt + F2 to hide or unhide reference drawings. My computer pops up "a supported game is required for this feature archicad". What can I do with this situation? 

 

I am using Legion 5i pro 2022 series laptop.

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That doesn't look like an Archicad message to me.

Looks more like an operating system message or from another background program.

Is there another program running on your machine that is trapping the keyboard shortcuts?

That is what it looks like to me, another program is waiting for you to press ALT+F2.

 

Barry.

 

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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@LuGine , as Ling suggests, GeForce experience has caused problems with Archicad in the past.

There should be some old posts about it here that can be found with a search if you want to go looking.

 

I have always disabled or deleted GeForce Experience from any machines I have used.

It really doesn't do anything that I found worthwhile.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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LuGine
Contributor

Thanks @Barry Kelly and @Lingwisyer

The issue was indeed caused by the background program (GeForce Experience). I looked on Youtube about turning off Geforce Experience. Below is the Youtube link, in case others have the same issue. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoQdIHr77e0 

 

Best Regards,

Bong

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Lingwisyer
Guru

Alt + F2

 

Your current key combo is volume down?

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Win10 | R5 2600 | 16GB | GTX1660 

Hi, Lingwisyer. 

Sorry, I wrote the shortcut key wrong, it supposes to be Alt + F2 and the error still exists. Thanks.


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Solution

That doesn't look like an Archicad message to me.

Looks more like an operating system message or from another background program.

Is there another program running on your machine that is trapping the keyboard shortcuts?

That is what it looks like to me, another program is waiting for you to press ALT+F2.

 

Barry.

 

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Lingwisyer
Guru

That message would be from GForce Experience. It appears to be seeing AC as a game and hence enabling it's hotkeys. You could either remove said hoykeys, look through the settings to remove AC from it, or close it entirely.

 

 

Ling.

AC22-23 AUS 7000Help Those Help You - Add a Signature
Self-taught, bend it till it breaksCreating a Thread
Win10 | R5 2600 | 16GB | GTX1660 
Solution

@LuGine , as Ling suggests, GeForce experience has caused problems with Archicad in the past.

There should be some old posts about it here that can be found with a search if you want to go looking.

 

I have always disabled or deleted GeForce Experience from any machines I have used.

It really doesn't do anything that I found worthwhile.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Solution
LuGine
Contributor

Thanks @Barry Kelly and @Lingwisyer

The issue was indeed caused by the background program (GeForce Experience). I looked on Youtube about turning off Geforce Experience. Below is the Youtube link, in case others have the same issue. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoQdIHr77e0 

 

Best Regards,

Bong