1 Reply Latest reply on Nov 15, 2017 12:25 PM by Iain McEwen

    How can I stop getting  "Solidworks shell extension server has stopped working" messages

    Matthew Clark
    Matthew Clark Nov 13, 2017 9:43 AM

      Hello,

       

      Our IT guy recently installed SW 2017 on my machine replacing SW 2015.  After the install I constantly get the error message "solidworks shell extenstion server has stopped working" when browsing for files in windows.  The IT guy is at a loss for how to fix it.  Does anyone know of a real fix besides turning the file browser type to list instead of thumbnail. 

       

      Matt

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        • Re: How can I stop getting  "Solidworks shell extension server has stopped working" messages
          Iain McEwen
          Iain McEwen Employee Nov 15, 2017 12:25 PM (in response to Matthew Clark)

          Hi Matt,

           

          This problem is due to the registration of some specific SolidWorks DLLs.

           

          To workaround this problem, registering the following DLLs via a command prompt should stop this error message from occurring:

           

           

          For 32-bit installations:

          regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\SolidWorks Shared\sldshellutilsXXu.dll"

          regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\SolidWorks Shared\sldwinshellextu.dll"

          regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\SolidWorks\SolidWorks\sldwinshellextu.dll"

           

           

          For 64-bit installations:

          regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SolidWorks Shared\sldshellutilsXXu.dll"

          regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\SolidWorks Shared\sldshellutilsXXu.dll"

          regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\SolidWorksx86\sldwinshellextu.dll"

          regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\SolidWorks\SolidWorks\sldwinshellextu.dll"

          regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SolidWorks Shared\sldwinshellextu.dll"

           

           

          (where XX is the latest version of the dll that appears in the folder)