In SHAPE‑THIN, I get the error message saying that the material library cannot be opened. I have reinstalled the program and integrated the material library of another computer, but without any success. What should I do?
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Open SHAPE-THIN as an administrator: Right-click the SHAPE‑THIN instance → "Run as Administrator", see the figure.
Image 01 - Run as Administrator
As an alternative, you can uninstall SHAPE‑THIN and perform a new installation as an administrator as described above.
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