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Deploying Installations from the Option Editor

You can deploy installations directly from the Option Editor by using either a manual or push method.

  • Use the Deploy Manually page of the Option Editor to email instructions to users on how to start the installation. Use this method when users have administrative privileges for their client machines.
  • Use the Deploy Automatically page of the Option Editor to push installations automatically to target machines. Custom uninstalls can also be performed. Use this method when users do not have administrative privileges to install software on their systems.

To use either method, you must change the administrative image installation directory to a Windows shared directory, so it is available through a network location (for example, \\machine\shared_directory or copy the whole image to a local directory on each machine, such as C:\SolidWorks Admin\SolidWorks 2014 SP0).

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  • Using a Mapped Drive to Deploy an Administrative Image

    A UNC path (\\machine_name\share_name ) is the recommended method for specifying a network location for the administrative image installation directory. However, you can use a mapped drive as the location for the StartSWInstall.hta file in the administrative image (for example, U:\StartSWInstall.hta), provided the installing users all have that same drive letter mapped to the administrative image shared directory.

  • Using StartSWInstall.exe to Deploy an Administrative Image

  • Deploying Manually

    Use this method if users have the privileges required to install on their systems.

  • Prerequisites for Deploying Automatically

    With automatic deployment, installation tasks are pushed to target machines and carried out by the Microsoft Task Scheduler on each system, without requiring any actions by users. Use this method when users do not have administrative privileges to install software on their systems.

  • Deploying Automatically



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