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Gray box in SW explorer covering what I need to click

Gray box in SW explorer covering what I need to click

Gray box in SW explorer covering what I need to click

(OP)
There is a gray box over where I need to click in solidworks explorer.

SW 2009 SP 4.1
Windows 7 x64

Anyone seen this before? I rebooted and it won't go away. All I want to do is add a new folder to the search folders in solidworks explorer.  

RE: Gray box in SW explorer covering what I need to click

Run a repair on your SW installation.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Design Manager/Senior Designer
M9 Defense
My Blog

RE: Gray box in SW explorer covering what I need to click

That doesn't look like a box 'over' the SW Explorer; it looks more like an incomplete screen refresh.

Have you run a SolidWorks Rx Diagnostic?

RE: Gray box in SW explorer covering what I need to click

(OP)
thanks for the replies

I did both suggestions with no luck.. installing SW 2010 now.. SW website says SW 09 doesn't work with windows 7.. but SW 10 does. Will report back

RE: Gray box in SW explorer covering what I need to click

Stupid blocks? As the man said, "Stupid is is stupid does." I think these show the default SW part thumbnail because a windows icon is not available to SWExplorer. This may be because the file has not gone thru a file save cycle, or viewing thumbnail graphics in windows may not be enabled. I just noticed old version files show a smooth 'stupid' thumbnail, but after I have done a save as new version I get a blocky thumbnail. Hmmm.
I will be interested to know why this fails in MS Explorer and SW Explorer.

--
Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2010 SP 4.0
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
W7 Pro, Nvidia Quaddro FX580

 

RE: Gray box in SW explorer covering what I need to click

(OP)
sorry for calling it stupid blocks haha.. perhaps my recent working in SDRCideas/Catia/NX5 has me frustrated. Happy to be back in SW (till I have to go back to the others of course)

RE: Gray box in SW explorer covering what I need to click

We have seen something similar with SW 2009 and Windows 7 x64.  I chalked it up to 2009 not being supported on Windows 7.  The workaround that we used was to create the folders in Windows Explorer and then specify a full path in the file name box.

Eric

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