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How does the SolidWorks 2010 Installation Manager work?

April 26, 2017installation manager SolidWorks

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How does the SolidWorks 2010 Installation Manager work?

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The SolidWorks 2010 Installation Manager uses Windows Installer and installs all products silently passing the required parameters to the installations so the installations do not have to query the user for anything. You can now specify only 1 file location for installation; this location will be used as the root folder for the installation of all products. The major advantage of using the SolidWorks 2010 Installation Manager is that it keeps all Products under the same in the Startup programs list as well as it creates one listing in Add/Remove Programs (listed as SolidWorks 2010 SPx.x) The SolidWorks 2010 Installation Manager components are listed below: • sldim.exe launches the Installation Manager. Found in \sldim folder • sldIMdownloader.exe process used to download the files, verify the file’s checksum, and extracts the files. Found in C:\Program Files\Common Files\SolidWorks Installation Manager\16.0 • sldIMscheduler.exe always runs in the backgr