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MBMartin Behling18/02/2013

Anyone else have any problems with SW not releasing the network license once you close the program.  This happens every time I use the software.  Usually having this happen is not a problem, except when our IT department is performing maintenance on the servers.  There have been times that I have known that the server will be going down shortly, so I'd like to check-out a license so that I can continue to work.  Whenever I have tried to do this, I exit SolidWorks, but it never releases the license that I was just using.  If I open SolidNetWork License Manager, it still shows me using a license on my machine.  Because it won't release the license, I cannot check one out.  So far, right now, it has been 1/2 hour since I closed SolidWorks, and it still shows that I am using a license.  Windows task manager doesn't show any other SW process running.  If there is a SW process still running, the name and description do not make it apparent that it is a SW component, so I cannot identify it... Only thing I see in the Process list is the SW License Manager, since I have opened that to check out the license.  Refreshing or closing and re-opening SW license manager doesn't change the situation either.

I've attached a screen capture of the processes running (in windows task manager).

...Running SW 2012 x64 SP 5.0...

Anyone have any ideas?  It's really frustrating when this happens!

I originally posted this in "user interface".  Someone suggested that I post this here (Administration) to find someone who has an answer...