You installed Revit or Revit LT and copied a custom Revit.ini file into the correct folder. However, when you start the software, its settings do not reflect the settings defined in the custom Revit.ini file.
Issue: Revit maintains 2 versions of the Revit.ini file. For details, read About the Revit.ini File for Installation.
- InstallGUID: This [Install] setting is generated when the software is installed or a deployment is created. When you install Revit to multiple computers from a deployment, each computer will have the same InstallGUID value that was created when the deployment was created.
- ReinstallGUID: This [Install] setting is added to Revit.ini only after you perform an Add/Remove, Repair, or Reinstall operation for the software.
When custom Revit.ini settings are not honored by the software, the problem is typically caused by a mismatch between one of the following settings in UserDataCache\Revit.ini and in the user profile version of the Revit.ini:
The values of these settings in UserDataCache\Revit.ini and the user profile version of the Revit.ini must be the same. When it detects a mismatch, Revit changes some user settings as follows:
| Situation | Result |
|---|---|
| InstallGUID does not match. | The following files in the user profile folder are replaced with their corresponding files in the UserDataCache folder.
As a result, Revit reverts to all default settings defined in the UserDataCache files. Note: Subfolders stored in the user profile folder are retained; they are not affected by this change.
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| ReinstallGUID key does not match. | The values for the FamilyTemplatePath, DataLibraryLocations, and DefaultTemplate keys in the user profile Revit.ini file are updated using corresponding values from UserDataCache\Revit.ini. |
Solution: To avoid this issue, make sure that you do not change values for InstallGUID or ReinstallGUID in either version of Revit.ini.