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RESET User Preferences and DELETE Microstation‘s Temporary FilesResetting the preference data will reset the tools layout, user preferences set in several menus (DWGsave options, “workspace->preferences” options, etc) to factory default
By following the procedure below, you won't erase your preference data but rather move it in a safelocation so that it can be restored if this procedure doesn't solve the occurring issue
Deleting Microstation’s temp files will not cause any side effectsIt is imperative that you close all open instances of Microstation, when required by the procedure, inorder for them to work
To re-create a new clean user preferences file: 1. Open Microstation with any file and open Microstation’s Key-in panel (Utilities->key-in) 2. Type the following string in Microstation’s key-in panel and press enter: $ % explorer $(_USTN_HOMEPREFS) This will open your user preferences folder in windows explorer 3. Close Microstation but keep the windows explorer window open
4. MOVE (not just copy) the whole content of this folder - including all subfolders - into some other safe folder for backup
5. Restart Microstation and check if the issue still occurs
In order to delete Microstation’s temp files: 1. Open Microstation with any file and open Microstation’s Key-in panel (Utilities->key-in) 2. Type the following string in Microstation’s key-in panel and press enter: $ % explorer $(MS_TMP) This will open your Microstation’s temp folder in windows explorer
3. Close Microstation but keep the temp folder window open
4. Delete all files in the temp folder 5. Restart Microstation and check if the issue still occurs
In order to delete Microstation’s temp files: 1. Open Microstation with any file and open Microstation’s Key-in panel (Utilities->key-in) 2. Type the following string in Microstation’s key …
Select all of the files and folders within the Temp folder that you want to delete. Unless you have a reason to otherwise, select them all. If you're using a keyboard or mouse, click on one item and then use the Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut to select every item within the folder.
Type the following string in MicroStation’s key-in panel and press enter: This will open your MicroStation’s temp folder in windows explorer. 3. Close MicroStation but keep the temp folder window open. 4. Delete all files in the temp folder.
In the Run window or search box, enter the following command exactly: %temp%. This command, which is technically one of many environment variables in Windows, will open the folder that Windows has designated as your Temp folder, probably C:Users [username]AppDataLocalTemp . Select all of the files and folders within the Temp folder ...
You don't need to know what each temp file you're going to delete is for, or what or how many files are included in any subfolders you select. Windows won't let you delete any files or folders that are still in use. More on that in a bit.