Hi all
I ask myself a small question, which may be trivial, but can we delete the CheckFile_***.dat files in the solidworks download folder?
Kind regards
Hello
You have the answer if you open them with a simple text editor:
// SolidWorks Installation Manager CheckFile - DO NOT DELETE OR MODIFY!
Release = 20170-40401-1100-100
FileSizeBytes = 1325464
CheckSum32 = 2517448907
TagFileSizeBytes = 0
Status = 2
<End>
In fact, these files are used to store the status of downloads to verify their integrity.
I think that if you delete them, when running the setup, the download manager will recheck all the files.
Hello
At worst you can have fun changing places and if it works it's because you can remove them.
Dimitri
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The question remains of why?
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Ok I'll test your idea, the why is simple to have a clean folder to copy on each post:)
The notion of proper is entirely objective ;-)
Also, why bother copying the 3 or 4 GB of data? We share the "SolidWorks Downloads" folder. Each machine is updated directly from this folder.
Our network is not efficient enough to install directly from a local location so copying to the ssd at night and in the morning the installation is much faster:)