The Copy Settings Wizard saves, restores, and propagates system settings to users, computers, or profiles.
When you select options for the SolidWorks software, those settings are saved in a registry file, and the software recognizes the settings from one release of SolidWorks to the next. For most users, no action is necessary to maintain their settings. However, you can use the Copy Settings Wizard to distribute settings.
You can Save or Restore system settings for:
Keyboard shortcuts
Menu customization
System options
Toolbar layout (All toolbars or Macro toolbar only)
You save settings to file and then restore them to the following registries:
|
Profile |
Registry |
|
Current user |
CURRENT_USER of current user |
|
One or more network computers |
LOCAL_MACHINE of selected computers |
|
One or more roaming user profiles |
CURRENT_USER of selected users |
Only system administrators should copy settings to network
computers or roaming user profiles. When you restore settings to network
computers, the settings apply to new
SolidWorks users on the specified computers. You can restore settings
to roaming user profiles only if your company uses roaming user profiles.
To save system settings:
In Windows,
click Start, Programs,
SolidWorks <version>,
SolidWorks Tools, Copy
Settings Wizard 
.
In the dialog box, select Save Settings, then click Next.
Browse to a location and file name, select the types of settings, then click Finish.
The wizard confirms that the settings have been written to the specified file.
Click OK.
The settings files have a default extension of .sldreg.
If you double-click a file with this extension, the Copy Settings Wizard
appears.
To restore system settings:
In Windows,
click Start, Programs,
SolidWorks <version>,
SolidWorks Tools, Copy
Settings Wizard .
In the dialog box, select Restore Settings, then click Next.
Browse to a file from which to restore settings, select the types of settings to restore, then click Next.
Select the type of destination (Current user, One or more network computers, or One or more roaming user profiles), then click Next.
If you selected:
Current user - skip to step 6
One or more network computers - a list of available computers is displayed
One or more roaming user profiles - a list of available users is displayed
Select a user or a computer and click Add, repeat until you have specified all computers or users, then click Next.
Select or clear Create backup of current settings for <each_computer_or_user>, then click Finish.
The wizard confirms that the settings have been copied successfully.
Click OK.