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Unable to Locate the File - Browse for file button not working

Question asked by Clayton Wright on Jul 24, 2015
Latest reply on Jun 19, 2019 by Dallas Havens

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I have an assembly that has trouble opening a few parts. I often get the Unable to Locate File dialog box. I want to browse for the file, but when I click "Let me browse for the original file," nothing happens. The button behaves as if I clicked "Suppress this component." I've done extensive googling and haven't found anything relevant. I'm running 2013 SP5, Windows 7. I'm not sure when the problem began.

Update: I typed this post yesterday. Today the browse for file window appears and works just fine. I have no idea what's going on. Anyone have any ideas?

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Deepak Gupta Jul 24, 2015 1:55 PM
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Sometimes SOLIDWORKS or other running applications or may be the system itself need a break. So restarting fixes most of the issue.

If you encounter it again, then please report to your VAR (the company you bought the SOLIDWORKS from)
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Chris Pratt Jun 6, 2019 7:29 PM
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Workaround, not a solution: Open the part, ensure it still has the same filename as in the assembly. Unsuppress the part. Solidworks will give a warning about the two parts having the same name. Select "Use this file anyways". Now the part will be in the assembly.

Had the same issue where selecting "Let me browse for the original file" never brings up the "Open file" dialogue box. This happens both when first opening and assembly, and when unsuppressing the part. The problem persists through restarting SolidWorks and restarting my computer. Running SolidWorks as a administrator doesn't help. This wasn't a problem on my computer about 3 hours ago. The part file in question is actually not missing and in its original location. SolidWorks is incorrectly detecting that it is not there.

Im on Windows 10, SolidWorks 2017 service pack 5.0
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- Sarah Dwight @ Chris Pratt on Jun 18, 2019 11:39 AM
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  I have had a similar problem.
  
  SW is finding another file with the same name (generic "heater") and trying to use that instead of going to the file location actually referenced in the assembly. If I open the assembly it gives me the warning that the internal ID's do not match. SW offers the "Let me browse for the original file", but it just opens the assembly with the component suppressed with a yellow triangle, no "open file" window or way to browse.
  
  I sort of solved the problem by opening up the correct file, which is in my design library, and then opening the assembly. But SW doesn't keep the location and will go back to that other file the next time I open the assembly... *sigh*. The older incorrect file is in the same folder as some other components in the assembly. That file was from before we set up a design library. So I really solved the problem by deleting the old incorrect file. SW has found my library file fine since.
  
  Running SW 2018 SP4 on Windows 7.
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Dallas Havens Jun 19, 2019 8:13 AM
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I have been having the same problem. It actually started happening to me about 8-9 months ago before I left for deployment. I'm back at work now and the problem persists. Its frustrating when you open an assembly and not all the parts load. Its even more frustrating when you click on browse for file and Solidworks acts like you selected suppress file instead. we have some very large assemblies with large subassemblies and you have to wait while Solidworks finishes opening the assembly, figure out which part you need to find, open said part, close the assembly, then reopen the assembly. the whole process takes a long time and is very frustrating. An actual solution or understanding why Solidworks is behaving like this rathe than work would be nice.
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