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Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu...

Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu...

Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu...

(OP)
I recently reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled SWorks, and for some reason I don't have the right-click SWorks Explorer options (Pack and Go, Rename, etc.) in my Windows Explorer.  Is there some place to turn it on in SWorks?  How can I get that functionality back?

Thanks for you input!

RE: Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu...

SolidWorks 2008

Shut Down SolidWorks

1.   Select the windows Start button and then select "Run"
2.    Type in CMD
3.    In the command prompt perform a change directly command:
         Type this:  CD  C:\Program Files\Common Files\SolidWorks Shared
4.    Once the directory has been changed then type the following command:
          regsvr32 sldshellutils8u.dll
5.     Hit the Enter Key
6.    See a dialog box informing that the .dll have been successfully registered
7.    Restart SolidWorks
8.    Retest the issue

RE: Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu...

(OP)
Registering the sldshellutils8u.dll didn't do the trick.  Thank you for the quick reply...

Could eDrawings have something to do with this?  When I first installed SolidWorks, all of my icons for SW part/assy/drw were eDrawing icons.  I had to change them to SW icons (manually).  Could eDrawing still have some sort of control on my files?

RE: Windows Explorer Right-Click Menu...

try registering this one instead sldwinshellextu.dll

It's one of the dll's in that folder

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