Before upgrading the SOLIDWORKS files in a production vault, perform the
upgrade on a copy of the production vault to ensure that there are no upgrade problems. You can
contact your Value Added Reseller for help with creating a copy of your vault.
- Restore a complete backup of the file vault to a separate server.
-
From the Windows
Start menu, click to
start
the File Version Upgrade
Utility.
- Follow the instructions in the upgrade wizard.
- Verify that the upgrade is successful.