**Note: These instructions are for Windows. Someone should also post instructions for OS9 and OSX.**
For savvy VectorWorkers one of the first troubleshooting steps, when VW is acting squirrelly, is to "trash the prefs". I always keep a backup copy just in case, so it's a quick fix. Here's the instructions from our local user group newsletter for saving the Preferences file in Windows XP.
When VectorWorks mysteriously misbehaves, often the problem involves corrupted VW preference files in the OS basic settings. VW10 has added a new button to the VectorWorks Preferences dialog to ?Reset Your Preferences? to default values. Unfortunately, this will delete all of your personal settings, including Workspace layout. Windows XP also has a RESTORE function to go back to a previous copy of all Registry settings, but that could affect other programs.
A better way to ?trash your preferences? is to replace the corrupted preferences file with a backup copy. Until NNA gives us a ?backup prefs? option. Here?s a manual procedure for Windows users:
First, under the Vectorworks 10 folder, create a new empty folder named ?DBL CLICK TO TRASH PREFS?.
Next, Start / Run: regedit.exe
In the Registry Editor, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Click + to expand and go to SOFTWARE
Click + to expand and go to NEMETSCHEK
Click + to expand and go to VECTORWORKS 10
Click + to expand and go to PREFERENCES
Right click on PREFERENCES icon to open a context dialog box
Go to EXPORT and click to open the EXPORT REGISTRY FILE dialog
Browse to the ?DBL CLICK TO TRASH PREFS? folder
Type a name for your backup copy: ?VWprefs.reg
Now when you double-click on the binary .reg file,
Windows will import the backup copy back into the Registry,
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**Note: These instructions are for Windows. Someone should also post instructions for OS9 and OSX.**
For savvy VectorWorkers one of the first troubleshooting steps, when VW is acting squirrelly, is to "trash the prefs". I always keep a backup copy just in case, so it's a quick fix. Here's the instructions from our local user group newsletter for saving the Preferences file in Windows XP.
When VectorWorks mysteriously misbehaves, often the problem involves corrupted VW preference files in the OS basic settings. VW10 has added a new button to the VectorWorks Preferences dialog to ?Reset Your Preferences? to default values. Unfortunately, this will delete all of your personal settings, including Workspace layout. Windows XP also has a RESTORE function to go back to a previous copy of all Registry settings, but that could affect other programs.
A better way to ?trash your preferences? is to replace the corrupted preferences file with a backup copy. Until NNA gives us a ?backup prefs? option. Here?s a manual procedure for Windows users:
First, under the Vectorworks 10 folder, create a new empty folder named ?DBL CLICK TO TRASH PREFS?.
Next, Start / Run: regedit.exe
In the Registry Editor, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Click + to expand and go to SOFTWARE
Click + to expand and go to NEMETSCHEK
Click + to expand and go to VECTORWORKS 10
Click + to expand and go to PREFERENCES
Right click on PREFERENCES icon to open a context dialog box
Go to EXPORT and click to open the EXPORT REGISTRY FILE dialog
Browse to the ?DBL CLICK TO TRASH PREFS? folder
Type a name for your backup copy: ?VWprefs.reg
Now when you double-click on the binary .reg file,
Windows will import the backup copy back into the Registry,
And overwrite the corrupted prefs file.
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