Advertising an Administrative Image to Clients

You can run a command to advertise a new administrative image installation to clients.

Email deployment is the method generally used to notify clients of a new SolidWorks installation. For details, see Deploying an Administrative Image to Clients Through Email.

However, as an alternative, you can execute a command to advertise a new installation to clients. For example, you might advertise to employees who do not normally use the SolidWorks application.

Advertising SolidWorks creates a shortcut to the SolidWorks application on the Start menu on the user’s computer and creates a file association with the administrative image on the server. Initially, the executable files are not installed. Installation occurs only when the user first needs the application.

When the user clicks the shortcut or double-clicks a SolidWorks document, the installation begins and the SolidWorks application executes.

To advertise from an administrative image:

  1. Create and configure the administrative image.
  2. Advertise the product on each machine where the SolidWorks application is to be installed.

    For example:

    msiexec /jm path_to_msi_file_of_admin_image

    where path_to_msi_file_of_admin_image is a UNC path to the administrative image directory.

Advertising an Administrative Image to Clients