Is Solidworks 2010 compatible with windows 10?

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Hello

I want to renew my PC and therefore switch to Windows 10.

Is SOLIDWORKS 2010 compatible with Windows 10?

Otherwise how do I go to SOLIDWORKS 2016?

 

Kind regards

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Hello

No, unfortunately Solidworks 2010 is not compatible with windows 10 :( [yet it ends the same but no..)

http://www.solidworks.fr/sw/support/SystemRequirements.html

I invite you to look at this Cadware document to upgrade to the 2016 version:

http://www.cadware-utilities.fr/index.php/ressources/default/ShowInLine?file=notices/01-General/Installation_d_une_nouvelle_version_de_Solidworks.pdf

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NO SW 2010 not compatible with windows 10

for SW 2016 license purchase

What do you have as a PC currently?

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Hello

Here someone says that he installed SolidWorks 2011 on Windows 10 and that it worked:

"I just try to install SW2011 to Windows 10 and it works, but I am still not sure about reliability. Do anybody has more experience with this issue?"

https://grabcad.com/questions/will-solidworks-2011-64bit-run-on-windows-10

I think you should test using Windows 10 software compatibility:

https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/help/15078/windows-make-older-programs-compatible

 

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Why not renew the pc while staying under windows 7?

It is far from obsolete and still has a bright future ahead of it =)

 

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It's still a shame to buy a PC at the end of 2016 with an OS released in 2009 that hasn't been updated since the beginning of 2015 (except for security flaws but only for the next 3 years): 

http://www.clubic.com/windows-os/windows-7/actualite-714833-fin-support-windows-7-debut-2015-securite.html

In addition, knowing that there will be no Windows 11 so no new version of Windows to buy, it's a shame not to do it by buying your OS at a lower cost thanks to an OEM version:

http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/microsoft-ne-lancera-pas-de-windows-11-39819108.htm

 

Especially if in 2016 we are still using SolidWorks 2010...

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Windows 10 is very stable I think, and the recent versions of Solidworks bring so many things that it would indeed be stupid to deprive yourself.

After that, of course, this has a cost that you have to amortize in software. But the time saving behind should not be neglected.

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