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.
I tried as you suggested with the Dll file and I got an error. I have attached a Jpeg of the error. Can you help me diagnose what is going on here? Or if you notice something not quite right?
Might be a permissions problem. Try this:
- Start > All Programs > Accessories
- Right-click the Command Prompt and select "Run as administrator"
- Run the regsvr32.exe command.
It allowed me to run the command but it didn't seem to fix my issue. I am going to restart my computer after lunch and see if it will work then... Thanks for the help.
Those functions are still available for me with SW12-SP4
Have you tried rebooting?
I have tried restarting. I did on the other hand just have SW re-installed on my computer. I am going to try the dll thing that Steve mentioned above and I will report back. Thanks for the quick resposes guys.
Try repairing the installation of SolidWorks Explorer and it will update the Windows explorer....I had the same problem and it worked for me.
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”