Check in searchs entire disk drive

Discussion created by David Stevens on Feb 16, 2009
Latest reply on Apr 27, 2009 by 1-6Z9KGS

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I have a user that when he checks in an assembly drawing, the check in process searches his entire hard drive, starting at c:/. This is taking over half an hour to check in. Anyone have this problem?

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1-6Z9KGS Feb 17, 2009 2:57 PM
I have a similar situation. Recently switched to 64 bit Vista and the 64 bit version of SW. PDM checkin causes of search of my toolbox, feature palette and work area. As it is searching, I see it searching the same folders over and over again, apparently for each part in the assembly. Been at it for over an hour already and still going.
I was told by tech support that the SW search is tied to Windows search so we tried setting options for that. The toolbox was listed in the search paths but was grayed out so could not uncheck it. Hovering the cursor over the path resulted in a message that it could not be unchecked because it had not been added to the index. R-Click on the toolbox in Explorer and index it, it said. I did that then went back and unchecked it from search locations. Did no good. Still searching everything. This is driving me nuts.
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- Jeff Mirisola @ 1-6Z9KGS on Feb 17, 2009 3:26 PM
  Kill WDS. Make sure your search paths in SolidWorks Explorer only encompass the necessary folders.
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  - 1-6Z9KGS @ Jeff Mirisola on Feb 17, 2009 4:12 PM
    WDS? Do you mean the standard windows search? I went into services and disabled Windows Search. Just to be safe, I rebooted. Verified search was off.
    After reboot, went into SW options for search folders and into SW Explorer search folders, both had been wiped clean.
    Problem still exists, PDM checkin still searches toolbox, etc....
    Maybe I misunderstood what WDS is....
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    - Jeff Mirisola @ 1-6Z9KGS on Feb 17, 2009 4:41 PM
      Yes, I meant windows desktop search. Now that I think about it, PDM should only be querying the vault upon check in. Toolbox parts shouldn't be involved as they, generally, aren't revision controlled.
      I wonder, is SolidWorks resolving the assembly prior to check in?
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      - 1-6Z9KGS @ Jeff Mirisola on Feb 17, 2009 5:18 PM
        You're right. It should only be querying the vault.
        What's bizzare is that it even checks the vault and feature pallete when I try to check in a single part.
        I've come to the conclusion that it has to be a SW problem, not windows. The files / folders involved are too specific to SolidWorks. I would imagine Windows would search more than just the SW toolbox and feature palette.
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        1-6Z9KGS @ 1-6Z9KGS on Feb 18, 2009 3:07 PM
        Problem solved.
        
        Check the PDMWorks options. If the "Include Drawings" option is turned on, the check-in process queries for every drawing related to every part and sub assembly of that assembly. Depending on how many files there are, this process may become lengthy, incorrectly appearing to be a performance problem.
        
        An alternative to using the 'Include Drawings' setting in the client options is to use a setting in the check-in dialog box. When the dialog is open, select 'find and include associated drawings' and browse to the directory where the associated drawings are located.
        
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- Dennis Saputelli @ 1-6Z9KGS on Apr 25, 2009 11:09 PM
  
  Chuck Riedesel wrote:
  
  I have a similar situation. Recently switched to 64 bit Vista and the 64 bit version of SW. PDM checkin causes of search of my toolbox, feature palette and work area. As it is searching, I see it searching the same folders over and over again, apparently for each part in the assembly. Been at it for over an hour already and still going.
  
  I was told by tech support that the SW search is tied to Windows search so we tried setting options for that. The toolbox was listed in the search paths but was grayed out so could not uncheck it. Hovering the cursor over the path resulted in a message that it could not be unchecked because it had not been added to the index. R-Click on the toolbox in Explorer and index it, it said. I did that then went back and unchecked it from search locations. Did no good. Still searching everything. This is driving me nuts.
  
  how do you get rid of the the Windows desktop search ?
  i hate that thing
  am downloading and installing SW 2009 Sp3 and it is putting WDS back in
  thanks
  ds
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  - David Demaria @ Dennis Saputelli on Apr 26, 2009 2:28 AM
    Although I do vaguely remember seeing it as an option during a recent install, you can uninstall it from Windows Add/Remove Programs regardless once SW has been installed. I do this with every SP update.
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  - 1-6Z9KGS @ Dennis Saputelli on Apr 27, 2009 3:26 PM
    In my case the problem was not with WDS but with my settings within PDM. See "problem solved" dated 2/18/09 in this string. Basically, in your PDM options, under the "Command Defaults" tab, under "Check in", be sure "Include Drawings" is unchecked. If it is checked, SW will search every single directory for every single referenced part / assy looking for a drawing.
    
    I hope this works for you!
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