Creating the Administrative Image from the Command Prompt

You can create an administrative image using the Installation Manager or from the command prompt. The command prompt allows you to customize the installation.

If you create an administrative image from the command line, you must create and deploy a separate image for each SolidWorks product.

To create an administrative image from the command prompt:

1. Initiate the installation.

2. Open a Command Prompt window (in Windows, click Start, Run, type cmd, and click OK) and enter:

msiexec /a <Msi_ path>

where Msi_path, is the path and filename of the .msi file for your operating system and language. The SolidWorks .msi file name is:

<language>_i386_SolidWorks.msi

where <language> can be:

Czech
Chinese
Chinese-Simplified
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese-Brazilian
Russian
Spanish

For example:

msiexec /a F:\swwi\data\English_i386_SolidWorks.msi

3. In the SolidWorks Setup Wizard, follow the on-screen instructions.