Deploying Manually

You can use this method if users have the privileges required to install on their systems.

1. In the Option Editor, click Deploy.
   Installation availability and status for each machine appears.
2. Click Send Email.
3. Specify the network path to the administrative image installation directory.
   Typically, the directory path to the administrative image installation directory is shown initially as a Windows file path (for example, C:\SOLIDWORKS Admin\SOLIDWORKS 2022 SP0). The dialog box indicates This path is not a network path.
   1. Click Browse to specify the network location for this administrative image installation directory.
   2. Navigate to the computer where the administrative image is installed, and select the Windows shared directory specified for the administrative image installation directory.
      Do not navigate inside the administrative image shared directory (for example, into the 64bit subdirectories).
   3. Click OK.
      The dialog box indicates This path is a network path.
   An email is created to instruct the machine owner how to install from the administrative image using the network location for the StartSWInstall.hta file in the administrative image.
4. Send the email to the users responsible for installing SOLIDWORKS.