| How do I install the files in this folder? |
Run setup.exe. You may still be required to download some files if you select to install items that were not downloaded previously.
Do not install using msiexec (see
below.)
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| Can I install MSI files manually from this folder using msiexec or some other application? |
No. The Installation Manager does not download some files that would be required when running msiexec.
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| Can I select the same download folder for each version I install? |
Download folders are version-specific.
SOLIDWORKS
Installation Manager automatically creates a version-specific
subfolder
within the specified folder.
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| I downloaded some products manually from the Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS Corporation Web site. Can the Installation Manager install these? |
Files downloaded manually can be used by SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager.
However, it is better to run SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager, selecting the option
to download files. SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager shows which files you need based
on what you are installing, providing links to download each file. You can use this
option when the download page does not work (most likely because of downloading
restrictions enforced by a proxy server). If
a dialog box
asks
whether you want to save or run files during a download or installation, always
specify
Save.
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| Can the files I download be shared by other users? |
Yes. To do so, download to a network share. Each client can then run SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager from the share to install.
No further downloads
are
required unless a user selects some items to install that were not selected during
the initial download or if a computer that uses this download to install has a
different set of prerequisites than the computer to which you downloaded the files.
If you are downloading on behalf of others but are not installing, select the
Download Only option when installing. This
option lets you select
products regardless of what may be installed on your system. However,
you cannot use
this option
to
download patches or to create administrative images.
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| How do I know when a new version of SOLIDWORKS products becomes available? |
You
are
informed when a new version is available in the following cases:
- If you run Check for Updates ( )
- If you have enabled SOLIDWORKS Background
Downloader
- If you select an installed version of SOLIDWORKS in Windows
Add/Remove Programs and click
Change
- If you run an older version of the Installation Manager
(sldIM.exe) from a download folder
In these cases, you may select to download the newer version. SOLIDWORKS
Installation Manager will download and run the newer version of itself, and not any
installation files. After the newer version of SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager runs,
you may select a set of installation actions. SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager
determines
which installation files are needed (and not downloaded previously) and
offers
to download those files. |
| Why does SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager not let me select a different service pack of a product to install? |
Each version of SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager is designed to install only a specific version of SOLIDWORKS products. If you want to install a different service pack, you need to run that version of SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager. To find the latest version available, see the preceding item.
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| Why is SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager prevented from downloading files? |
If proxy server restrictions prevent applications from downloading files, SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager cannot download files automatically.
You can download files manually and then install them using SOLIDWORKS
Installation Manager. Select the option in SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager to
download individual files (for example,
manual
download
method on the Download
Options page). Based on your product selections and system
requirements, a web page appears in a separate window containing links to download
all required files manually.
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| Not all of my SOLIDWORKS products are updated to the latest service pack. Why does Check For Updates tell me I have the latest version? |
Check
For Updates only tells you whether you have installed (or are running)
the latest version of SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager.
If you want to update all products to the latest version that is
installed
in ,
select the latest installed version of SOLIDWORKS and click Change.
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| Can I copy a DVD to a download folder? |
Yes, but installations may fail unless you copy the entire contents of each DVD
released for that platform. SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager looks for the files
swdata*.id to determine the version. If these
files are not present, it fails to recognize any of the installation
files that you
copied and
requires that
they be downloaded.
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