I use the rename function quite often with in Windows Explorer and has recently disapperared. The only option that shows up is to do the Pack and Go. I have lost the ability to Rename, Replace, and Move with in Windows Explorer. Is there an option some where that I accidently unchecked? I know I can do this through Solidworks explorer, just been used to using the features through Windows Explorer. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Those are all tied to SolidWorks Explorer. I would suggest a repair of SolidWorks Explorer or uninstall/reinstall just the Explorer portion of SolidWorks through Add/Remove Programs (or whatever it's called in Win7 now).
Or you can try registering the DLL that drives this.
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\SolidWorks Shared\sldshellutils9u.dll"
To register a dll:
1. Open Windows® Explorer and navigate to the location of the DLL or OCX, or search the system for the file.
2. Open a command prompt by going to Start > Run > type cmd and hit Enter
3. In the command prompt type regsvr32<space>
4. Drag/drop the dll file from Windows Explorer into the command prompt and hit enter to register the dll file.
For example:
regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\SolidWorks Shared\sldshellutils9u.dll”