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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.

  1. 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.)
  2. Optionally, on one of the client systems, run the Copy Settings Wizard to capture the current SolidWorks options.
  3. Create a new administrative image using SolidWorks Installation Manager or the command line.

    Do not upgrade or overwrite the previous image.
    If you are upgrading a non-English SolidWorks installation, you must create a new administrative image for the non-English language installation component.

  4. 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 details, see 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

    If you are upgrading a non-English SolidWorks installation, you must upgrade the non-English language component after you upgrade the SolidWorks components.



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