Setting the Latest Version Option You can change your settings so that each time you open a file in SOLIDWORKS PDM, you use the latest version in the vault. If you do not set this option, when you open a file in Explorer, SOLIDWORKS PDM opens your local copy of the file without checking to see whether a more recent version is available in the archive. To set the latest version option: Select Tools > Administration from File Explorer. Expand the Users directory. Right-click your user name and select Settings. In the left pane of the Settings dialog box, click Reference Dialog. Under Check out and version access controls, select Auto select reference files to get latest when checking out and Always work with latest version of files. Click OK. Parent topicGetting File Versions Using Get Latest Version or Get Version Using Get in the History Dialog Box Restoring Files from Cold Storage Get Dialog Box