Solidworks Student Edition 2005-2006 won't start!

Feb 15, 2006 4 Replies

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David Z 20 years ago

Hello,

When I try running SW Student Edition 2005-06, I get an error message:

"Failed to initialize Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)."

Then SW terminates. A Windows XP message appears:

Error signature AppName: sldworks.exe AppVEr: 13.3.1.110 ModName: sldappu.dll ModVer: 13.3.1.110 Offset: 000ac1c0

I've tried using this command in Run...:

regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\oleaut32.dll

But still the same problem. I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling SW. Any advice on how to resolve this problem?

David

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David Z 20 years ago

I'm thinking about reformatting my computer to be the only solution.

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Dale Dunn 20 years ago

It's often necessary to sweep SW out of the registry after an uninstall to clear some problems. You might try that before starting over. I don't know off the top of my head which keys to delete. Maybe someone who does can jump in here. I usually use the tools in regedit to find them and delete them one at a time. This takes a while, since there are a lot of them cattered around in there.

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lmar 20 years ago

Are you using windows 2000 operating system?

Len

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David Z 20 years ago

My first post indicates that I'm using Win XP.

Anyways, I just formatted my computer; now it works. Thanks everyone for their replies!

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