Advice on Installing SW2004

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Lee Wright, Dec 9, 2003.

  1. Lee Wright

    Lee Wright Guest

    We are currently running SW2003-SP0, weve just subscibed to the
    maintenance package and as a result have recieved SW2004-SP0.
    I'd like to know whats the best way to go about installing this, do i
    remove 2003 then install 2004 fresh - if so what user settings do i
    need to back up? What do I do with the toolbox files? etc
    Any advice greatly apreciated.

    Lee
     
    Lee Wright, Dec 9, 2003
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  2. Hi Lee,

    I'm running them both at the moment without too much trouble. Before you do
    anything, make sure you back up everything, including all your template
    files, your 'cus' file (which has your user preferences) and anything else
    you can think of! I did a separate install, rather thatn 'update an old
    installation'. I think that 2004 is pretty good personally, and certainly
    much better than 2003 SP0 which was pretty buggy if I remember rightly!

    Once you want to go ahead with 2004 permanently, then it's best to do a
    complete uninstall first, including getting rid of the solidworks registry
    entries - ask you supplier about how to do that properly! But make sure you
    back up veverything before doing this also. Remember, you wont be able to
    open files with 2003 once you have saved them with 2004 - so it may be
    better to do some trial stuff to get used to it before comiting your
    customer work.

    Finally, I would stick some sort of spam removal attempt into your reply
    address for this news group if I were you, 'cause spam is bad enough without
    handing your address out!

    Hope this is of some help!

    Lee
     
    Lee Bazalgette, Dec 9, 2003
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  3. Lee Wright

    Steve Davis Guest

    (Lee Wright) wrote in

    RULES TO LIVE BY

    OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW.

    Less headaches.
    but do back up files.

    enjoy
    SD
     
    Steve Davis, Dec 11, 2003
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