Preparing Clients for Installation from an Administrative Image

NOTE: This is required only for installing manually. If you are using the Installation Manager to create and install an administrative image, these supporting files are installed automatically.

After creating the administrative image and before notifying clients, you must install Microsoft Windows components that cannot be installed by the administrative image:

Windows Installer: Contains files needed to run the installation of SolidWorks Simulation Premium.
Office Web Components: Contains COM controls that are needed for DriveWorks.
Visual C++ Redistributable Package: Contains the runtime components for Microsoft Visual C++.
Visual Studio Tools for Applications: Contains a tool set supporting Visual Studio applications.
Visual Studio Remote Debugger: Provides a debugging environment for 64-bit operating systems.
.NET Framework 3.0: Contains the common language runtime and .NET Framework components that are necessary to run .NET Framework applications.
Windows Desktop Search (optional): Supports fast searches of files and data across different data sources and locations, including the local computer and shared networks.

These components are included in subdirectories of the administrative image directory.

Visual C++ Redistributable Package and .NET Framework 3.0 are required for all SolidWorks products, not just the core SolidWorks product.

The following table identifies the files that are required for each supported operating system.

Operating System	SolidWorks Media	Windows Installer	Office Web Components	Visual C++ Redistributable Package	Visual Studio Tools for Applications	Visual Studio Remote Debugger	.NET Framework	Windows Desktop Search (optional)
Windows 2003 32-bit *	Windows XP32 and Vista 32		owc11.exe	vcredist_x86.exe	vsta_aide.msi		dotnetfx3.exe	WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-Srv2K3-x86-<lang>.exe
Windows 2003 64-bit *	Windows XP64 and Vista 64		owc11.exe	vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64exe Note: Both must be installed.	vsta_aide.msi	rdbgexp.msi	dotnetfx3.exe	WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-Srv2K3_XP-x64-enu.exe
Windows 2008 32-bit *	Windows XP32 and Vista 32		owc11.exe	vcredist_x86.exe	vsta_aide.msi		.NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Desktop Search are features of the operating system.
Windows 2008 64-bit *	Windows XP64 and Vista 64		owc11.exe	vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64exe Note: Both must be installed.	vsta_aide.msi	rdbgexp.msi	.NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Desktop Search are features of the operating system.
Windows XP 32-bit	Windows XP32 and Vista 32	WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe	owc11.exe	vcredist_x86.exe	vsta_aide.msi		dotnetfx3.exe	WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-XP-x86-<lang>.exe
Windows XP 64-bit	Windows XP32 and Vista 32		owc11.exe	vcredist_x86.exe	vsta_aide.msi	rdbgexp.msi	dotnetfx3_x64.exe	WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-Srv2K3_XP-x64-enu.exe
Windows XP 64-bit	Windows XP64		owc11.exe	vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64exe Note: Both must be installed.	vsta_aide.msi	rdbgexp.msi	dotnetfx3_x64.exe	WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-Srv2K3_XP-x64-enu.exe
Windows Vista 32-bit	Windows XP32 and Vista 32		owc11.exe	vcredist_x86.exe	vsta_aide.msi		.NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Desktop Search are features of the operating system.
Windows Vista 64-bit	Windows XP64 and Vista 64		owc11.exe	vcredist_x86.exe vcredist_x64exe Note: Both must be installed.	vsta_aide.msi	rdbgexp.msi	.NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Desktop Search are features of the operating system.

* Installation on Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 is supported only for Workgroup PDM Server and SolidNetWork License (SNL) Server.

Windows Desktop Search files are language specific.

To install multiple components in one install operation, create a batch file with the commands provided in the following procedures and use it to push the components to the client computers.

To install on 32-bit editions of Windows:

Ensure that the target computer has at least 290 MB of available disk space and a valid TEMP directory.
Install Office Web Components by running this command:

<administrative image directory>\OfficeWeb_11\owc11.exe

For Windows XP, install Windows Installer:

<administrative image directory>\WindowsInstaller\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe

It is not necessary to install Windows installer on any version of Windows other than Windows XP.

Install the Visual C++ Redistributable Package:

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_C++_2005_Redistributable\vcredist_x86.exe /Q

For Windows XP or Windows 2003, install the .NET Framework image:

<administrative image directory>\.Net_Framework_3.0\dotnetfx3.exe /Q

It is not necessary to install the .NET Framework image on Windows Vista.

Install the Visual Studio Tools for Applications:

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_VSTA\vsta_aide.msi

Optionally, install Windows Desktop Search by running one of these commands:

For Windows XP:

<administrative image directory>SolidWorks\Temp\WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-XP-x86-<lang>.exe /Q

For Windows 2003:

<administrative image directory>SolidWorks\Temp\WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-Srv2K3-x86-<lang>.exe /Q

To install on 64-bit editions of Windows:

Ensure that the target computer has at least 620 MB of available disk space and a valid TEMP directory.
Install Office Web Components by running this command:

<administrative image directory>\OfficeWeb_11\owc11.exe

Install the Visual C++ Redistributable Package:

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_C++_2005_Redistributable\vcredist_x64.exe /Q

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_C++_2005_Redistributable\vcredist_x86.exe /Q

Both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions of this package must be installed.

For Windows XP, install the .NET Framework image by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>\.Net_Framework_3.0_(x64)\dotnetfx3_x64.exe /Q

It is not necessary to install the .NET Framework image on Windows Vista.

Install the Visual Studio Tools for Applications:

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_VSTA\vsta_aide.msi

Install the Visual Studio Remote Debugger:

<administrative image directory>\VSRemoteDebugger\install.exe /Q

Optionally, install Windows Desktop Search by running the following command:

<administrative image directory>SolidWorks\Temp\WindowsDesktopSearch-KB917013-V301-XP-x86-<lang>.exe /Q

Deploying through Active Directory

In the following processes, use the command that is appropriate to the version of SolidWorks you are deploying.

To extract the Visual C++ Redistributable Package installer files and install them:

Run one of the following commands:

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_C++_2005_Redistributable\vcredist_x86.exe /C /T:{<C++target directory>}

<administrative image directory>\Microsoft_C++_2005_Redistributable(64)\vcredist_x64.exe /C /T:{<C++target directory>}

Create a policy to install the Microsoft C++ 2005 redistributable module:

{<C++target directory>}\vcredist.msi �

No transform file is needed for this installation.

To extract the .Net Framework installer files and install them:

Run one of the following commands:

<administrative image directory>\.Net_Framework_3.0\dotnetfx3.exe /x:{<.NET Installation directory>}

<administrative image directory>\.Net_Framework_3.0_(x64) \dotnetfx3_x64.exe /x:{<.NET Installation directory>}

Create a policy to install the .NET Framework

{<.NET Installation directory>}\vs_setup.MSI

No transform file is needed for this installation.

To extract the Office Web Components files and install them:

Run this command:

<administrative image directory>\OfficeWeb_11\owc11.exe /extract:{<Office Web Components directory>}

Create a policy to install the Office Web Components:

{<Office Web Components directory>}\owc11.MSI

No transform file is needed for this installation.

To install the Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA):

Create a policy to install VSTA:

{<Microsoft_VSTA_directory>}\vsta_aide.MSI

No transform file is needed for this installation.

To install the Visual Studio Remote Debugger (64-bit versions only):

Create a policy to install Visual Studio Remote Debugger:

{<Microsoft_remote_debugger_directory>}\rdbgexp.MSI

No transform file is needed for this installation.