Administrative Image Installation Options

The Installation Manager enables you to perform multiple installations by creating an administrative image and a file <admin_dir>\StartSWInstall.hta to send to clients.

Network Share for Administrative Image Installation Files

Browse to a location with at least the free space shown. This location must be accessible from the computers on which SolidWorks is to be installed.

The administrative image must be in a shared folder so it can be deployed to clients.

 You should specify the network share in UNC format.

Default install path on client computer

Configure the Installation Manager to install administrative images to the default location in the C:\Program Files directory on client computers or change the client computer installation path. The location you choose must have at least the free space shown.

Optional Settings

Specify how the client installations will be run by selecting any of the following:

Automatically activate client installations

Select this option to perform a silent activation of the SolidWorks licenses when the client first starts SolidWorks.

When you finish creating the administrative image, you are prompted for the license activation contact information.

 If you use SolidNetWork licensing, you should not auto-activate client installations.

Create a diagnostic log during each installation (slower)

Creating a diagnostic log during client installation helps you troubleshoot installation problems; however, the client installations will be slower.

Run the installation as a different user

Enter a user name and password to run the installation as a user other than the one currently logged in.

For example, if your users do not have administrative privileges, you can create an administrative account with full privileges on each client computer and specify it here.

Run a program before installation

Browse to the program to run before installation.

For example, since each SolidWorks product requires a separate administrative image, you can write a script that installs all of the images without user intervention. Use this option to instruct the administrative image installer to run the script before beginning the installations.

Run a program after installation

Browse to the program to run after installation.