I don't have anything that belongs to Solidworks on my M drive...
I'm in Standard, so I don't even have the toolbox...
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Wow... I understand that you are upset.
It makes me feel bad when nothing is right. I curse the software, my job and everyone I meet^^
But for your concern, I really think that it's your equipment that is the cause of all your problems.
a simple thing, take a file on this disk (+ 2 GB for example) and copy it to another disk.
You'll see how long it takes and 2 if there's a cut during the transfer
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Oh yes, too, you can do a ccleaner before reinstalling.
Then delete the registry keys that are no longer used, but be careful! :p
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This drive has a maximum capacity of 2GB... So I can't store large files there and all you can find in them is spreadsheets, a few pdfs... Nothing heavy, when I transfer, it's almost instantaneous so for the cuts, I don't see anything...
I'm relaxing, during the uninstall (same buggy), I managed to restart Solidworks, so I canceled the uninstall and I'm seeing if it has kept all its features... In any case, it's in English now
Well, apart from the language, edrawing and Solidworks composer, I think it's good... I opened an assembly, parts and MEPs to see if there were no pb references or other error messages, it seems to be fine...
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In this case, are you sure that nothing from Solidworks will be installed on it?
A file that is being created or something else?
As the disk is only 2GB, it must set an alert when it reaches saturation.
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How can I verify that Solidworks has not installed anything on it???
Either by going to the disk and looking at the latest files installed on it
(search: *.* and sort by date modified)
Or by looking during the installation if no folder points to:M
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Stupid question...
Well, actually, looking a little better, I found these folders (CF Image) but I have no idea why they are installed on this disk...
pbinstal.png
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So Solidworks Downnload is where all your iso installs are saved.
And the rest is to be filled in during the installation I think.
Otherwise, in the worst case unplug your M drive before installation.
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Really bizzard all that...
I have never entered any paths pointing to the M:\ disk
Anyway... I've had my dose of annoyance for today, I'll try to make up for the last two hours :-/
In any case, thank you very much @Bart and @remrem for answering me and guiding me in my problems:)
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Well the trick to disconnect a disk, I didn't know :)
Thank you
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The SolidWorks Download folder is the default in my documents.
It contains the files you download during the installation. You can change the destination of these files during installation. For example, we share it so as not to download the same ^my files for each workstation.
It looks like you've migrated your My Documents folder to Mr. I think that's why SolidWorks Download.
In any case, this explains the relationship between your network drive and SW.
Modification:
Yes, to disconnect it, that's what I meant by "Delete your network drive".
As far as the helping hand is concerned. It's without problems and even with paisir... We've all experienced this at some point. And then we're sure it's going to happen to us again. And then we will also be very happy with the help of lynkoa... ;-)
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Haaa well yes, it's clearer now...
My company has purposely moved the My Documents file to the local drive of each workstation in order to avoid polluting the network or the C:\...
I'll see with them how we can change that!
For now, I'm going to work with the software in English, I just needed to improve my technical vocabulary =)
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Of course! That's it Rem, you're right.
I just saw that you have a folder of my documents on your M drive
So you changed the Windows paths so that it would point there.
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Duplicate. Sorry....
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Good evening
The fact that you have switched to English since your worries would not come from the general options.
There are 2 options to uncheck if this is the case.
Kind regards
options_sw.png
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Hello @jmsavoyat,
No, in fact, I was able to restart Solidworks when the uninstall came to "Languages: French"
So, it uninstalled the French language pack...
When I look at my options, I see this suddenly: see image
options1.png
Good luck...
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Haha ^^ thank you
I'm waiting to finish my project before trying the next update;)