Alerts Tab

The Alerts tab keeps you updated with SOLIDWORKS news.

Sections in the Alerts tab include Critical, Troubleshooting, and Technical Alerts.

Critical

The Critical section appears if there are critical alerts to display. If a critical alert exists, the Welcome dialog box opens to the Critical section automatically on startup, even if you selected Do not show on startup in the dialog box. Alerts are displayed until you select Do not show this message again.

Troubleshooting

The Troubleshooting section appears if there are crash diagnostic messages or recovered documents to display. If the software has a technical problem and an associated troubleshooting message exists, the Welcome dialog box opens to the Troubleshooting section automatically on startup. The Welcome dialog box opens even if you select Do not show on startup in the dialog box.

Recovered documents appear under Document recovery. To recover documents, enable auto-recovery in Tools > Options > System Options > Backup/Recover.

Technical Alerts

The Technical Alerts section opens the contents of the SOLIDWORKS Support Bulletins RSS feed at solidworks.com.