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Archicad is not able to start because of a special character in hard drive's name

Zoltan Sebo
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni
Affected version(s): Archicad 20 | Severity: workaround applicable | ID: #220872
 

Issue

Archicad doesn't start and the user gets a "Sorry, Archicad cannot run on this computer." alert.
 
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This issue is only in macOS.

Cause

If the hard drive's name contains special character(s), for eg. "é", Archicad can't start on it. The workaround is to rename the drive.

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