We have an onsite server where we store all of our project files and library files. The individual desktop computers are not used to store any files. We do not want individual library files kept on individual computers for consistency.
Overtime we have developed a folder called user files and a folder called workgroup files which are kept on the server. Under preferences we just select these two folders and VW has been directed to the correct location and everything has just worked and appeared in the resource browsers and other menus etc.
However, we have just got a new server and VW is no longer working - ie/it can't open as we keep on getting contained error messages about shortcuts not working on VW loading. So I have investigated these two folders and determined that they basically have the same named folders within each and contain multiple shortcuts between each).
So I am wondering:
1. How do other people handle an onsite server and do they use a similar strategy?
2. Should we have the two folders and if so should they have a different file structure and be used for storing different things?
3. If this is just a problem of messy folder structure and there is a set folder structure which should be used, where would I find this.
It has become a critical problem and the old server is failing, so copied all the libraries over and now can't open Vectorworks.
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We have an onsite server where we store all of our project files and library files. The individual desktop computers are not used to store any files. We do not want individual library files kept on individual computers for consistency.
Overtime we have developed a folder called user files and a folder called workgroup files which are kept on the server. Under preferences we just select these two folders and VW has been directed to the correct location and everything has just worked and appeared in the resource browsers and other menus etc.
However, we have just got a new server and VW is no longer working - ie/it can't open as we keep on getting contained error messages about shortcuts not working on VW loading. So I have investigated these two folders and determined that they basically have the same named folders within each and contain multiple shortcuts between each).
So I am wondering:
1. How do other people handle an onsite server and do they use a similar strategy?
2. Should we have the two folders and if so should they have a different file structure and be used for storing different things?
3. If this is just a problem of messy folder structure and there is a set folder structure which should be used, where would I find this.
It has become a critical problem and the old server is failing, so copied all the libraries over and now can't open Vectorworks.
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