Starting SW without Add-Ins - My Bad

[l***@edatasolutions.ca]

Hello,

I just went to select an Add-In during a SW2007 session when I
accidently selected a Vista version instead of my machines' XP
version. (They were beside each other and I "clicked" a little bit too
soon).
SW then crashed to desktop.
Now, every time I start SW2007 it crashes.

Any suggestions on how I start the application in "Safe Mode" so that
I can disable the obviously wrong Add-In.

Len

[Dale Dunn]

Post by l***@edatasolutions.ca
Any suggestions on how I start the application in "Safe Mode" so that
I can disable the obviously wrong Add-In.
Len

I'm sure there's a command line switch, but I don't know it. How about
finding the .dll for the add-in and rename it temporarily. IIRC, that will
force it to unselect. You might be able to find something in the registry
too.

That's all the ideas I have. Good luck.

[Philippe Guglielmetti]

in the registry. it's at \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks
\AddInsStartup
it's a bit tricky to find which key corresponds to a given addin, but
setting every REG_DWORD to 0 will do what you want

[l***@edatasolutions.ca]

Post by Philippe Guglielmetti
in the registry. it's at \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks
\AddInsStartup
it's a bit tricky to find which key corresponds to a given addin, but
setting every REG_DWORD to 0 will do what you want

Thanks for the suggestion.

I ended up renaming the application folders prior to starting SW.
Application couldn't find folders it needed and SW was able to start.
Renamed folders and then selected proper add-in.

Cheers,

Len