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Overview

Individual Installations

Multiple Installations

Deploying to Multiple Clients

Using Administrative Images

Command-Line Deployment

Creating an Administrative Image from the Command Line

Preparing Clients for Command-Line Installation from an Administrative Image

Installing from the Administrative Image Using the Command Line

Command-Line Properties

Deploying an Administrative Image Using Microsoft Active Directory

Administration of Multiple Installations

Workgroup PDM

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Preparing Clients for Command-Line Installation from an Administrative Image

After creating the administrative image and before notifying clients, you must install Microsoft Windows components that cannot be installed by administrative images created using the command line or Microsoft Active Directory.

Installing these Windows components manually is required only if you are installing from an administrative image that was created manually using the command line or through Microsoft Active Directory. If you use the Installation Manager to create and install the administrative image, these Windows components are installed automatically.

Here is a summary of the files required by SolidWorks in the Windows components:

Windows Installer: Contains files needed to run the installation of SolidWorks Simulation Premium.
Office Web Components: Contains COM controls that are needed for DriveWorks.
Visual C++ 2005 and 2008 Redistributable Package: Contains runtime components for Microsoft Visual C++.
The 2005 and 2008 versions both must be installed.
Visual Studio Tools for Applications: Contains a tool set supporting Visual Studio applications.
Visual Studio Remote Debugger: Provides a debugging environment for 64-bit operating systems.
.NET Framework 3.0: Contains the common language runtime and .NET Framework components that are necessary to run .NET Framework applications.
Windows Desktop Search (optional): Supports fast searches of files and data across different data sources and locations, including the local computer and shared networks.
Windows Desktop Search files are language specific.

Visual C++ Redistributable Package and .NET Framework 3.0 are required for all SolidWorks products, not just the core SolidWorks product.

These components must be included in subdirectories of the administrative image directory.

This table identifies the specific files that are required for each supported operating system.

Operating System: Windows 2003 32-bit¹
SolidWorks Media: 32-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		(Not applicable)
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		(Not applicable)
	.NET Framework:		dotnetfx3.exe
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):
		WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-Srv2K3-x86-`lang`.exe

Operating System: Windows 2003 64-bit¹
SolidWorks Media: 64-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		(Not applicable)
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe Both must be installed.
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe Both must be installed.
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		rdbgexp.msi
	.NET Framework:		dotnetfx3.exe
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):
		WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-Srv2K3_XP-x64-enu.exe

Operating System: Windows 2008 32-bit¹
SolidWorks Media: 32-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		(Not applicable)
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		(Not applicable)
	.NET Framework:		.NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Desktop Search are features of the operating system.
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):

Operating System: Windows 2008 64-bit¹
SolidWorks Media: 64-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		(Not applicable)
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe Both must be installed.
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe Both must be installed.
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		rdbgexp.msi
	.NET Framework:		.NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Desktop Search are features of the operating system.
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):

Operating System: Windows XP 32-bit
SolidWorks Media: 32-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		(Not applicable)
	.NET Framework:		dotnetfx3.exe
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):
		WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-XP-x86-`lang`.exe

Operating System: Windows XP 64-bit
SolidWorks Media: 32-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		(Not applicable)
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		rdbgexp.msi
	.NET Framework:		dotnetfx3_x64.exe
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):
		WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-Srv2K3_XP-x64-enu.exe

Operating System: Windows XP 64-bit
SolidWorks Media: 64-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		(Not applicable)
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe Both must be installed.
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe Both must be installed.
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		rdbgexp.msi
	.NET Framework:		dotnetfx3_x64.exe
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):
		WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-Srv2K3_XP-x64-enu.exe

Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit
SolidWorks Media: 32-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		(Not applicable)
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		(Not applicable)
	.NET Framework:		.NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Desktop Search are features of the operating system.
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):

Operating System: Windows Vista 64-bit
SolidWorks Media: 64-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		(Not applicable)
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe Both must be installed.
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe Both must be installed.
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		rdbgexp.msi
	.NET Framework:		.NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Desktop Search are features of the operating system.
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):

Operating System: Windows 7 32-bit
SolidWorks Media: 32-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		(Not applicable)
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		(Not applicable)
	.NET Framework:		.NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Desktop Search are features of the operating system.
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):

Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
SolidWorks Media: 64-bit version for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
	Windows Installer:		(Not applicable)
	Office Web Components:		owc11.exe
	Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe Both must be installed.
	Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package:		vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64.exe Both must be installed.
	Visual Studio Tools for Applications:		vsta_aide.msi
	Visual Studio Remote Debugger:		rdbgexp.msi
	.NET Framework:		.NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Desktop Search are features of the operating system.
	Windows Desktop Search (optional):

¹Installation on Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 is supported only for Workgroup PDM Server and SolidNetWork License (SNL) Server.

Installing Windows Prerequisites from the Command Line on 32-bit Operating Systems
Follow this process to install Windows prerequisites for administrative image installations using the command line on 32-bit Versions of Windows.
Installing Windows Prerequisites from the Command Line on 64-bit Operating Systems
Follow this process to install Windows prerequisites for administrative image installation using the command line on 64-bit Versions of Windows.
SolidWorks Search and Microsoft Windows Desktop Search
SolidWorks Search is integrated with Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Search.

Parent topic: Command-Line Deployment

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