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Discussion created by 1-EW-3827 on Apr 22, 2008
Latest reply on Apr 22, 2008 by Kevin Silbert

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Could someone please explain how I create an admin image and patch that image to the latest release of Solidworks. This is what I have tried so far:

Created admin image from DVD of 2008 SP0 using msiexec /a
Now, I want an admin image of 2008 SP3. It seems I can only download that from the internet and when I try to patch my DVD admin image using the Solidworks installer I get an error saying it cannot be patched or cannot find some compatible version.

So I thought maybe I should download both SP0 and SP3 from the site, which I did last night. Now, when I try to create a one step installer image from the SP0 I just downloaded, the stupid program says it cannot find disk1 and wants to go back to the internet to get missing software. Wasn't everything downloaded with SP0?

I have to say that Solidworks really made this more difficult than it has to be.

Any help would be appreciated because I am thoroughly confused.

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Steve Prodger Apr 22, 2008 12:27 PM

I had used the Installation Manager to set my admin image up and was able to patch using that interface. Its not the method you had used but at least it shows a way that does work. If anyone else has used the msiexec method I am sure they would have more insight in using that technique.

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Martin Stokes Apr 22, 2008 1:31 PM

You should be able to patch an image created without the Installation Manager, I have done it with 2008. I had to manually download the service packs to do this though.

To be honest, I have been playing with the IM, and if Solidworks can get some documentation together for it, then I'll be going forward with that for 2009.

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Kevin Silbert Apr 22, 2008 1:31 PM

As far as I know, using msiexec /a is not compatible with the SolidWorks Installer- they seem to make slightly different types of images (?) If you made one with msiexec, you need to download the patch manually (using the "if you have a problem, click here" link) and use msiexec /p to patch the original image with the newly-downloaded image. Then you'll need to have everyone update with the msiexec /i command. My SW2007 upgrade command line for user upgrades (the last version I used the msiexec with) from SP1 to SP2 was:

msiexec /i "\\server\SW\english_i386_solidworks.msi" ENABLEPERFORMANCE=0 INSTALLWDS=0 SERVERLIST="25734@general" SOLIDWORKSSERIALNUMBER="(insert yours here)" SWMIGRATE="SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0" UPGRADESWINSTALL=1 TOOLBOXFOLDER="\\server\SolidWorks\Common Data" /qb /Lme c:\SWUPG2.txt

I use the SW Installer now; there's a whole 'nuther set of issues there, but I like the way users get autoupdated better- it's impossible for one to "fall behind" and have the next patch not work. So this also means I could be a bit mistaken about the MSIEXEC method- it's been a while since I used it; there might be a better way. Good luck!

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Steve Prodger Apr 22, 2008 12:27 PM
I had used the Installation Manager to set my admin image up and was able to patch using that interface. Its not the method you had used but at least it shows a way that does work. If anyone else has used the msiexec method I am sure they would have more insight in using that technique.
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Martin Stokes Apr 22, 2008 1:31 PM
You should be able to patch an image created without the Installation Manager, I have done it with 2008. I had to manually download the service packs to do this though.

To be honest, I have been playing with the IM, and if Solidworks can get some documentation together for it, then I'll be going forward with that for 2009.

Regards
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Kevin Silbert Apr 22, 2008 1:31 PM
As far as I know, using msiexec /a is not compatible with the SolidWorks Installer- they seem to make slightly different types of images (?) If you made one with msiexec, you need to download the patch manually (using the "if you have a problem, click here" link) and use msiexec /p to patch the original image with the newly-downloaded image. Then you'll need to have everyone update with the msiexec /i command. My SW2007 upgrade command line for user upgrades (the last version I used the msiexec with) from SP1 to SP2 was:

msiexec /i "\\server\SW\english_i386_solidworks.msi" ENABLEPERFORMANCE=0 INSTALLWDS=0 SERVERLIST="25734@general" SOLIDWORKSSERIALNUMBER="(insert yours here)" SWMIGRATE="SolidWorks 2007 SP1.0" UPGRADESWINSTALL=1 TOOLBOXFOLDER="\\server\SolidWorks\Common Data" /qb /Lme c:\SWUPG2.txt

I use the SW Installer now; there's a whole 'nuther set of issues there, but I like the way users get autoupdated better- it's impossible for one to "fall behind" and have the next patch not work. So this also means I could be a bit mistaken about the MSIEXEC method- it's been a while since I used it; there might be a better way. Good luck!
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