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Saving SW reg. settings...

Saving SW reg. settings...

Saving SW reg. settings...

(OP)

A while back I had posted a thread asking if anyone knew of a way to get an administrative privilege to save your SW reg. settings without getting your MIS dept to do it for you. Well…I think I found a way. My MIS department was reluctant at first but I told them I would hunt them down like deer during shotgun season if they didn’t comply. After they threatened me of re-formatting my hard drive without notice…I said ok you win…but let’s try the ‘fix’ and see if works. wink

Here is what we did…

Logging in as administrator…we mouse clicked to the directly C:\Program Files\SolidWorks\setup. We then right clicked the ‘i386’ directory, selected properties, clicked the security tab. Under group or user names we added my user name with full control. We clicked ‘apply’, ok, and then rebooted and logged back in under my user name. I now can save my reg settings at will. thumbsup2

I was going to request full control of the file ‘copyoptwiz.exe’ but bargained for full control of the folder instead.

Just passing along a little info to all…

Edson Gebo
Mechanical Designer/Drafter
SW2007 SP2.0
Cadra 2006 (yup 2D still exists)
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Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
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RE: Saving SW reg. settings...

Thanks, I'm going to give that a try!

RE: Saving SW reg. settings...

IMHO, having to beg IT for access to our own computers is a bit like being back in the day and having to ask the janitor to access the drafting table.  Those of us in corporations need to collectively push back on this illogical trend of trying to lump us in the same bucket as the receptionist or admins.

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php

RE: Saving SW reg. settings...

There should be some sort of (optional, of course) test, 20 or so questions, that you could take which would give you a "competence index" from 1 to 5.  Level 1 would be "where is the any key?" or "I broke my computer's built-in cupholder", and level 5 would be someone who already knew to try all the "solutions" that IT tries to give over the phone.

RE: Saving SW reg. settings...

(OP)

Oh I agree...hostage is what they desire because they want to know what your doing. C'mon now...they read every e-mail you send to all those ex-girlfreinds...right?!? Anyhow, my approach is fairly benign. Beat them to death with the kindness stick which will give you some privileges and show your worth when it counts by not fubar-ing your box to the point where you need to call them for help. Anyhow...back on track...has anyone tried my 'fix' and if so did it work?

Edson Gebo
Mechanical Designer/Drafter
SW2007 SP2.0
Cadra 2006 (yup 2D still exists)
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Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
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RE: Saving SW reg. settings...

I did try, got full permissions to the entire Solidworks folder, and no luck. They even gave me full permissions to the registry keys associated with copyoptwiz and all Solidworks registry keys.

Still trying...

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