Accessing the Settings Administrator Tool

To access the Settings Administrator Tool:

  1. Open the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager (SLDIM), and on the Welcome page, select Administrative image.
  2. Select Create a new image using default settings and click Next. Then follow the on-screen instructions to create the image.
  3. Double click sldAdminOptionEditor.exe in the administrative image folder.
  4. In the Administration Image Option Editor, click Edit Settings.
  5. In the Client Installation Options section, do the following:
    1. Click Use a settings file exported from the SOLIDWORKS Settings Administrator.
    2. Click Launch Settings Administrator.

The Settings Administrator Tool is stored in the following default location: C:\SolidWorks Admin\SOLIDWORKS <version>\64bit\SOLIDWORKS\Program Files 64\SOLIDWORKS\sldSettingsAdmin.exe.