Common symptoms of problems that can be solved by deleting preferences and restarting the application:
1) Screen flickering/flashing.
2) Exported files not appearing in the specified folder.
3) Crashing issues after updating to the latest version.
4) Odd graphical display issues.
Preference locations by Operating System and Vectorworks version:
Mac OSX 10.4.11 and 10.5.X
VectorWorks 12.5.3
HD:Users:(Username):Library:Preferences
VectorWorks 12 Prefs
VectorWorks 2008
HD:Users:(Username):Library:Application Support:VectorWorks:2008:Settings
SavedSettings.xml
SavedSettingsUser.xml
Vectorworks Preferences.xml
HD:Users:(Username):Library:Preferences
net.nemetschek.vectorworks.plist
net.nemetschek.spotlightimporter.plist
HD:Library:Preferences
net.nemetschek.vectorworks.plist
VectorWorks 2009
HD:Users:(Username):Library:Application Support:VectorWorks:2009:Settings
SavedSettings.xml
SavedSettingsUser.xml
Vectorworks Preferences.xml
HD:Users:(Username):Library:Preferences
net.nemetschek.vectorworks.2009.plist
net.nemetschek.spotlightimporter.plist
HD:Library:Preferences
net.nemetschek.vectorworks.2009.plist
Windows Vista
VectorWorks 12.5.3
Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 12
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 12
VectorWorks 2008
Settings Files:
C:\Users\Jwilson\AppData\Roaming\Nemetschek\VectorWorks\2008\Settings
SavedSettings.xml
SavedSettingsUser.xml
Vectorworks Preferences.xml
Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 13
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 13
VectorWorks 2009
Settings Files:
C:\Users\Jwilson\AppData\Roaming\Nemetschek\VectorWorks\2009\Settings
SavedSettings.xml
SavedSettingsUser.xml
Vectorworks Preferences.xml
Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 14
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 14
Windows XP
VectorWorks 12.5.3
Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 12
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 12
VectorWorks 2008
Settings Files:
C:\Documents and Settings\Jwilson\Application Data\Nemetschek\VectorWorks\2008\Settings
SavedSettings.xml
SavedSettingsUser.xml
Vectorworks Preferences.xml
Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 13
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 13
VectorWorks 2009
Settings Files:
C:\Documents and Settings\Jwilson\Application Data\Nemetschek\VectorWorks\2009\Settings
SavedSettings.xml
SavedSettingsUser.xml
Vectorworks Preferences.xml
Registry Keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 14
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Nemetschek\VectorWorks 14
Edited by JimW
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