Issue Description
It may happen that both educational (EDU) and commercial licenses are required on the same computer, but Archicad always launches in EDU mode when both licenses are available.
To ensure that the two licenses coexist on the same computer without causing conflicts, it is important to launch the commercial version differently.
Solution
Windows
- Open the folder containing the desired version of Archicad and find the "Archicad Starter.exe" file (for example: C:\Programs\GRAPHISOFT\Archicad 26)
- Right-click on "Archicad Starter.exe" to create a shortcut in the same folder, or choose "Send to > Desktop" to create a shortcut on the desktop.
- Right-click on the newly created shortcut and select "Properties".
- In the "Target" field of the "Shortcut" tab, add " /NOEDU" at the end of the text field (note the space before the "/"), then click on "Apply" and "OK".
From now on, when Archicad is launched from this shortcut, it will run in the commercial version. The process can be repeated for each version of Archicad installed.
macOS
- Launch "Automator" from the macOS Applications folder
- Select "New document", then "Application" type
- In the search field at the top of the application, find "Run Shell Script" and drag the action into the right-hand panel.
- In the text field, paste the following code, replacing the Archicad version number where necessary:
open -na "/Applications/GRAPHISOFT/Archicad 26/Archicad 26.app" --args -noedu - Save the application in the desired location and choose an appropriate name (e.g. "Archicad 26 No Edu").
From now on, when Archicad is launched from this shortcut, it will run in the commercial version. The process can be repeated for each version of Archicad installed.