Solidworks 2010 Help!

[Duke400ex]

Hello, I seam to have a problem and am hoping that someone can help. In the past, I had a student version of solidworks installed on my computer and now it is time to upgrade. I have purchased solidworks 2010 premium. The problem is I have completely uninstalled the educational version deleted the registry like other forums have said but when I install premium every time I make a new part it still saves in the educational version. I am able to modify already existing parts and save them but can not create a new file and insert into a assembly. I need to know how to completely uninstall the educational version along with everything that comes with it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[Updraft]

Duke,

A simple search of the FAQs yields this gem:

http://www.eng-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=488

- - -Updraft

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Some Student/Educational/Personal installs are apparently a real PITA to completely clean.

The following from the official SW Forums should do the trick.

https://forum.solidworks.com/docs/DOC-1014

But if that doesn't work, reformatting your drive may be the only option.

 

[rollupswx]

After following the clean unistall instructions then download and run free Windows Install Clean Up utility. Let me know if this works for you.

 

[rollupswx]

BTW - I hope you are better at this than you are at composing thread titles. Help! doesn't help in defining your problem or for others searching for information on how to clean uninstall.

 

[steinmini]

I use Total Commander to be able to view and access to hidden files when needed. There is a search option and even after the registry has been cleaned, TC can find fragments that shouldn't remain. Search for terms that SW may use for some executive files, eg. "sw", "sld" "solid", be careful not to delete something that shouldn't be deleted. Some background executives remain active and can't be deleted if not stopped, check in task manager.
Personally, in cases like this, I would do a complete format and OS reinstall. Looks complicated but sometimes it's easier and faster, just back up everything on a separate drive and double check everything (docs, bookmarks/favorites, passwords etc)

 

[mx2street]

Another tool you can use is called Revo Uninstaller. It's free and it will do a deep scan of not only your registry but your hard drive as well. You can find it at

http://www.revouninstaller.com/download-freeware-version.php

Tony Greising-Murschel
Windows 7 x64
Core i7 870 - 8GB
Nvidia Quadro FX 580
SolidWorks 2010 SP3.0