Advertising to Clients

Advertising SolidWorks creates a shortcut to the SolidWorks application on the Start menu on the user's computer and creates a file association with the administrative image on the server. Initially, the executable files are not installed. When the user clicks the shortcut or double-clicks a SolidWorks document, the installation begins and the SolidWorks application executes.

To advertise from an administrative image:

1. Install the administrative image, passing the serial number in the command prompt.

2. Advertise the product on each machine where the SolidWorks application is to be installed; for example:

msiexec /jm <path_to_MSI_file_of_an_administrative_image>

This command prompt advertises both the SolidWorks application and SolidWorks Explorer.

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