Repairing an Installation

If you encounter problems with an installed SolidWorks Product, you can use the SolidWorks Installation Manager to repair the installation.

You can repair an individual installation. You cannot repair an administrative image; you must uninstall and then reinstall the administrative image.

  1. Click Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
  2. Select the SolidWorks version you wish to repair and click Change.
  3. On the Welcome to SolidWorks Installation Manager screen, click Repair the individual installation (on this computer).
  4. On the Products to Repair screen, select the product to repair.
  5. Clear the rest of the products on the screen.
  6. Click Repair.

Repairing an Installation