I had a productive remote session with Sirish this morning who eventually solved the problem: an accented "á" in a username, which the path of the Quark Preferences file doesn't like, apparently. I would never have solved that issue.
Thanks Sirish
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- 10 Jan 2019, 10:24
- Forum: QuarkXPress 2016: General
- Topic: Preferences
- Replies: 7
- Views: 478
- 08 Jan 2019, 10:06
- Forum: QuarkXPress 2016: General
- Topic: Preferences
- Replies: 7
- Views: 478
Re: Preferences
Hi Sirish (or anyone else?)
Any updates or possible solution as to why I cannot get QuarkXpress (2016 or 2018 version) to work on a Windows 10 Laptop without first deleting the 'XPress preferences' 2Kb file.
Thanks
Declan
Any updates or possible solution as to why I cannot get QuarkXpress (2016 or 2018 version) to work on a Windows 10 Laptop without first deleting the 'XPress preferences' 2Kb file.
Thanks
Declan
- 08 Jan 2019, 07:02
- Forum: QuarkXPress 2016: General
- Topic: Preferences
- Replies: 7
- Views: 478
Re: Preferences
Hi Sirish It doesn't matter how I close Quark 2016 (File Menu>Exit or Ctrl+Q). I cannot reopen Quark 2016 unless I delete the 2 Kb XPress preferences file. If I delete that 2Kb file, Quark opens perfectly (until the next time!) I upgraded to Quark 2018 in 2018 which I use on an iMAC. I deactivated Q...
- 07 Jan 2019, 10:59
- Forum: QuarkXPress 2016: General
- Topic: Preferences
- Replies: 7
- Views: 478
Re: Preferences
Hi Sirish Thanks for the prompt reply. I typed in %localappdata%\Quark\QuarkXpress 2016. I then deleted all the files in that folder and reopened Quark 2016, which worked fine. But when quit Quark and tried to reopen it I got the error message again ("This version of XPress Preferences in incompatib...
- 07 Jan 2019, 07:08
- Forum: QuarkXPress 2016: General
- Topic: Preferences
- Replies: 7
- Views: 478
Preferences
I installed Quark 2016 on a Windows 10 laptop, activated the software and it worked fine. However, when I tried to reopen Quark it gave the following error message: This version of "XPress Preferences" is incompatible with this version of QuarkXpress. [86]. I deleted the preferences file and Quark o...