{"id":2113,"date":"2017-12-22T08:48:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T08:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2113"},"modified":"2024-01-16T08:28:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T08:28:41","slug":"how-to-reset-the-concrete-preferences","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/knowledge-base\/how-to-reset-the-concrete-preferences\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reset the ConCrete preferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What are &#8216;Preferences&#8217;?<\/h3>\n<p>\u2018<strong>Preferences\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong>are settings that are user dependant. The user can choose what suits him\/her best, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Units and decimals,<\/li>\n<li>The language<\/li>\n<li>\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the first startup of ConCrete, ConCrete takes the default values (stored in the Program Files). When you work with ConCrete, you will customize these settings along the way.<\/p>\n<h3>Solution 1<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Close all ConCrete and ConCrete Plus projects.<br \/>\nEven if you get an error on launching ConCrete (Plus), use the Taskmanager to close ConCrete (Plus).<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t skip this step!<\/li>\n<li>Go to&nbsp;<strong>C:\\Users\\**YourUsername**\\AppData\\Local\\VirtualStore\\Program Files (x86)\\BuildSoft\\ConCrete<\/strong><br \/>\nThe folder &#8216;AppData&#8217; is a hidden folder. You can show the hidden folders using the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/14201\/windows-show-hidden-files\">folder options<\/a>.<br \/>\nIf the folder is empty or doesn&#8217;t exist, go to Solution 2.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2114 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ConCretePref.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ConCretePref.png 605w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ConCretePref-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ConCretePref-50x24.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ConCretePref-60x29.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ConCretePref-35x17.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Delete the content of this folder.<br \/>\nWarning: if you want to keep the defined hollow core slabs (HCS), copy the file CONCRETE_7.PRF to your desktop before deleting. Read about <a href=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/restoring-the-hcs-library-after-resetting-the-concrete-preferences\/\">Restoring the HCS library after resetting the ConCrete preferences<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Restart ConCrete.<br \/>\nTrouble finding the hollow core slab license? The solution is <a href=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/concrete-doenst-pick-up-the-hcs-license\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Solution 2<\/h3>\n<p>In some cases, the preferences are not stored in the folder&nbsp;<strong>C:\\Users\\**YourUsername**\\AppData\\Local\\VirtualStore\\Program Files (x86)\\BuildSoft\\ConCrete, <\/strong>but in the folder<strong>&nbsp;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\BuildSoft\\ConCrete\\.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Close all ConCrete and ConCrete Plus projects.<br \/>\nEven if you get an error on launching ConCrete (Plus), use the Taskmanager to close ConCrete (Plus).<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t skip this step!<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>C:\\Program Files (x86)\\BuildSoft\\ConCrete\\<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sort the content of this folder by date.<br \/>\nThe preferences usually have the same date and a more recent date than the rest of the files in that folder.<br \/>\nDepening on which features of ConCrete (Plus) you&#8217;ve used, you&#8217;ll obtain more\/less preferences. The name of the preference-files is the same as in the printscreen at Solution 1.<\/li>\n<li>Select the preferences and hit delete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are &#8216;Preferences&#8217;? \u2018Preferences\u2019&nbsp;are settings that are user dependant. The user can choose what suits him\/her best, for example: Units and decimals, The language \u2026 At the first startup of ConCrete, ConCrete takes the default values (stored in the Program Files). When you work with ConCrete, you will customize these&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[1238],"ht-kb-tag":[426,1111,617,557,1099],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12078,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2113\/revisions\/12078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=2113"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=2113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}