PDM gone from FILE EXPLORER after SP instal 1

[TateJ]

I jumped from SP2.2 to 4.0 & now my VAULT is not showing in my FILE EXPLORER.
Should I stop & restart the VAULT now?

Right-click. It's friggin' magic!

FAQ376
Windows XP ~ NVIDIA Quatro FX 3450/4000 SDI ~ Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 ~ SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 ~ SpaceBall 5000

http://www.Tate3d.com

 

[fcsuper]

Call you VAR.

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group

 

[ctopher]

Did you restart/reboot your pc after you upgraded? Was virus protection turned off when you upgraded?

Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)

 

[pdybeck]

Is the PDMWorks add-in enabled in SolidWorks Explorer? Make sure it is added in...

Pete

 

[TateJ]

I have rebooted.

Virus protection was ON during the upgrade. I have been told repetedly that it would not be a problem... by my IT support. But this might be the first time it has been.

I have the VAULT in SolidWorks Explorer... jut not in SolidWorks. Now it is not on the ADD-INs list in SolidWorks. That was the first place I looked.

Excuse me while I walk down the block for a sub.

Right-click. It's friggin' magic!

FAQ376
Windows XP ~ NVIDIA Quatro FX 3450/4000 SDI ~ Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 ~ SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 ~ SpaceBall 5000

http://www.Tate3d.com

 

[JMirisola]

Tate,
Is it an admin image or a local install? If it's an admin image, the batch file to install Explorer may not have the variable set correctly or it got messed up somehow.
From what I've heard, SW saying to turn off your virus protection is a CYA thing. I can't turn off my virus protection at work and have never had it cause any issues with installs. The statement came from instances where certain virus protection builds caused problems. Kind of like drug disclaimers: may cause irritability, drowsiness, bladder control problems, etc...

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

 

[debodine]

Sometimes SolidWorks causes irritability (why did my views change during publishing?), drowsiness (someday my large assembly will rotate...zzzz), bladder control problems (I just HAVE to get this back in the vault in case it crashes!), etc.

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[Standing]

Remove PDM explorer from you PC then reinstall. We have to do this every upgrade.

Bradley
SolidWorks Premim 2007 x64 SP4.0
PDM Works, Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400

 

[TateJ]

What's PDM Explorer?

Right-click. It's friggin' magic!

FAQ376
Windows XP ~ NVIDIA Quatro FX 3450/4000 SDI ~ Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 ~ SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 ~ SpaceBall 5000

http://www.Tate3d.com

 

[JMirisola]

Tate,
If you're using '07, PDM is a part of SW Explorer...

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

 

[TateJ]

So I should remove & reinstall SOLIDWORKS EXPLORER then?
I'm looking for a program called PDM EXPLORER & not finding it.

Right-click. It's friggin' magic!

FAQ376
Windows XP ~ NVIDIA Quatro FX 3450/4000 SDI ~ Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 ~ SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 ~ SpaceBall 5000

http://www.Tate3d.com

 

[Standing]

Jeff is right it is called SolidWorks Explorer

Bradley
SolidWorks Premim 2007 x64 SP4.0
PDM Works, Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400

 

[TateJ]

I'll try that before a clean uninstall & reinstall... which is what I'm now told to do.

Right-click. It's friggin' magic!

FAQ376
Windows XP ~ NVIDIA Quatro FX 3450/4000 SDI ~ Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 ~ SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 ~ SpaceBall 5000

http://www.Tate3d.com

 

[Standing]

No do not do a clean uninstall & reinstall. On a new machine here, we always have to delete SolidWorks Explorer then reinstall SolidWorks Explorer.

Bradley
SolidWorks Premim 2007 x64 SP4.0
PDM Works, Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400

 

[TateJ]

That seems to have worked...
Let me see who gets the gold star on this one...

Right-click. It's friggin' magic!

FAQ376
Windows XP ~ NVIDIA Quatro FX 3450/4000 SDI ~ Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 ~ SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 ~ SpaceBall 5000

http://www.Tate3d.com

 

[Standing]

Thanks for the star TateJ

Bradley
SolidWorks Premim 2007 x64 SP4.0
PDM Works, Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400