Hello,
I'm having trouble resetting the CommandManager tabs back to default configurations in SW2020. I've tried Tools > Options > Reset All with no luck. I'm also aware that I can customize the tabs from where they are currently, but I'd like to reset them back to factory settings. Does anyone have suggestions on how I can go about doing this?
Thanks!
Thanks for your response! I've reset my registry and saw that many things were reverted to default settings, but the command manager tabs still seemed to be very different than I remember them being when default. Maybe it's changes that were made in SW2020 compare to the 2019 student edition. I appreciate the input, though!
Jeremiah is completely correct. Also, I would like to add one more thing, once you follow steps for resetting from the "option", you may completely shut down your PC for about 2-4 minutes and turn back on and see it may work.
to reset registry you go to the start menu and type in regedit. In regeditor, browse out to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks. In here you should see the Key SOLIDWORKS2020. My recommendation is to rename this key to something like SOLIDWORKS2020_OLD just in case. Close regedit then if you saved yours settings then restore them, if you did not save them then start SolidWorks. When you are happy with your set up, save your settings again for future mishaps the regedit again and delete your _OLD key.
To expand upon the thread, I tried restoring different settings from other people. This also did not solve the issue and it just ended up restoring the tabs to 'default' settings. I've added some screenshots of what I mean when I say the defaults seem very different than they did in 2019. For example, the sketch tab is missing tons of options and appears extremely bare. The features tab is missing some pretty big features like Hole Wizard. Also, the drop down to change views is missing the option to choose dimetric, trimetric, isometric view settings. I know I can customize everything to what I'd like, but the default settings from 2019 are a much better starting place than where the settings currently stand. If anybody has some additional insight to this, I'd greatly appreciate it!
SW 2020 has some different stuff going on in the command manager with regards to the save as, save and print icons, I think.
I am not on SW 2020, but I have seen posts where people who have installed 2020 are expecting some icons across the top that are now buried in the command manager. Apparently it is a default setting somewhere that just needs to be turned off.
I can't seem to find the post though, so if this jogs anyone else's memory, please link it/them....
UI customizations are stored in the registry. so if 1) you are comfortable editing your registry and 2) you are ok with losing (or redoing) ALL of your toolbar customizations, you can use the copy settings wizard to save out all of your settings besides the toolbars. then reset the registry (lots of posts here on how to do that - I'll let you search). then reload the settings you saved out.