Upgrading Clients of Administrative Images Manually Using the Command Line
Once you have upgraded an administrative image, you can upgrade clients manually using the command line.
- Make sure all clients are at the same service pack of the previous release. (Clients that do not already have the application installed are not upgraded.)
- Optionally, on one of the client systems, run the Copy Settings Wizard to capture the current SolidWorks options.
- Create a new administrative image using one of these methods:
Do not upgrade or overwrite the previous image.
- Upgrade all clients to the new version using the msiexec command, with these specifications:
- Include the /I and qb msiexec command-line options.
- Specify any required feature and global command-line properties.
For example, to upgrade an existing version of SolidWorks:
msiexec /I Msi_path" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\your_folder" SOLIDWORKSSERIALNUMBER="xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx" UPGRADESWINSTALL=1 SWMIGRATE="SolidWorks version servicepack" /qb