If an error or cancellation occurs during installation, you can recover
from that point by
rerunning
the installation.
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Record the error message and product code for the installation that
failed, as shown on the Installation Errors or
Installation Canceled screen.
If the software prompts for a source file and you are not modifying
an existing SOLIDWORKS installation, the installation or computer may be corrupt.
Contact your SOLIDWORKS reseller.
- Reboot the computer.
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To ensure that no SOLIDWORKS products are
running in
Windows, press Ctr+Alt+Del to open the Task
Manager.
- On the Processes tab, if any of the following processes appear under Image Name, select them and click End Process.
- SLDWORKS.exe
- EModelViewer.exe
- PDMworks.exe
- pdmwVault.exe
- SWViewer.exe
- swlmwiz.exe
- SWBoengine.exe
- SWVBAServer.exe
- Sldshellextserver.exe
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If the application is already installed and you were trying to modify
or remove it, try to repair the installation. For details, see
Repairing an
Installation.
-
In
Windows,
click .
- Select the version of SOLIDWORKS that failed.
If there is no entry for the SOLIDWORKS version you are trying to install, repeat the installation process.
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Do one of the following:
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To retry, click Change and select all products that failed to install or were skipped during the installation.
To skip the failed installation, click Change and select all products that were skipped during the installation. Clear the product that failed to install.
- To abandon the installation, click Remove and select any products that were installed.
This
does
not restore the previous version of any products you are upgrading.