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Installing Only Solidworks Explorer From The DVD

Installing Only Solidworks Explorer From The DVD

Installing Only Solidworks Explorer From The DVD

(OP)
I already have the Solidworks 2008 software installed except for the explorer portion.

I would like to know if there's a way to install only the "Solidworks Explorer" from the DVD without having to re-install the entire Solidworks software?

Any response will be greatly appreciated!

RE: Installing Only Solidworks Explorer From The DVD

Check to see if you have solidworksexplorer.exe on your C:\ drive.

Standing
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, SP3.0, PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600, 64-bit Windows Vista Business, Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB, nVidia Quadro FX 4600

RE: Installing Only Solidworks Explorer From The DVD

(OP)
I do not have this file installed.

RE: Installing Only Solidworks Explorer From The DVD

If you find that you are unable to install from the DVD, you can download the SW Explorer package manually from the Customer Portal Downloads section.

RE: Installing Only Solidworks Explorer From The DVD

I do not have much time to write this up, so please forgive any issues.

Go to your control panel add remove programs.
Change SolidWorks install
In the installation manager do a new install of SolidWorks Explorer under "SolidWorks Eplorer/Workgroup PDM"
Be careful not to uninstall anyother SolidWorks products.
Hope this helps.

Standing
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, SP3.0, PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600, 64-bit Windows Vista Business, Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB, nVidia Quadro FX 4600

RE: Installing Only Solidworks Explorer From The DVD

You can also insert the DVD, and explore the disc (RMB on the disc in My Computer, choose Explore), navigate through the folders to SWexplorer, (the folder names are pretty intuitive), and run the setup.exe in that folder.  

Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 09 x64, SP 4.1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

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