Unhandled Errors

[dlarz]

A couple of times a day, my Solidworks (2004) will shut down in the middle of a process and return an "unhandle error" fault. What does this mean? Is the anything I can do to prevent this (and losing work)?

Thanks - Dave

 

[SBaugh]

It means that something caused SW to Shut down. The error is vague, but the reason it shut down is broad. The one thing that I have found that causes most Unhandled errors is not cleaning out your TEMP folder faq559-884 or your out of HDD space. Your Network could be part of the issue or it could be a Video driver. If your not using a certified Video Card with a certifed Driver, that could most likely cause it to crash.

Check out "Trouble Shooting a Crash prone System" -

http://www.scottjbaugh.com/Tips_Tricks/Tips_Tricks.htm

You might try doing a repair or reinstall if the above tips don't help. faq559-908 faq559-488

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[JNR]

We had more of this on SP2.1 - SP3 seems to be better. But it does vary with the user and machine here, so I think Scott's input is right on the ball.

John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics

There's no place like 127.0.0.1

 

[Regg]

It also seems if you go to "fast" for SolidWorks (clicking on another function before the one being processed is finished) this will also cause an unhandled error.