Missing symbols and styles, is there a way to solve this?

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10-23-2017 04:40 AM
LaurynaŠidlauskaitė
New Contributor

I have found the same questions elsewhere but the topic seems to be dead.

I keep getting empty color ramps, symbols and styles in ArcMap. I've attached a few screenshots that explain this.

Deleting Normal.mxt in "C:\Documents and Settings\#USERNAME#\Application Data" does do the trick... for 5 minutes. I have not found what causes this issue but it gets really frustrating. I have to manually color pick every single color over and over again, just because I don't want to close everything, delete the file, then open again just to change one or two color ramps and then need to do this all over again.

I have tried repairing and reinstalling ArcGIS, but nothing helped in the long run.

I am using: 

Windows 10 Home (64bit)

ArcGIS 10.5 (student licence)

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JayantaPoddar
MVP Esteemed Contributor

Hello Lauryna,

What happens if you try the following

1. Close all ArcGIS Applications.

2. Change Windows theme to Basic.

3. Reset your ArcGIS application profile

4. Restart your machine.

5. Open ArcMap, and check again.



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LaurynaŠidlauskaitė
New Contributor

I have tried this before and for the sake of trying just did it again. It does work for a short period of time, but after some time the styles dissapear again.

I have not found any connection between my actions and their dissapearance.

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ZazaMdzeluri
New Contributor

2024 12 March problem is not solved

Do you have Maplex enabled?

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