SolidWorks Installation Manager

How to uninstall SolidWorks Installation Manager from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall SolidWorks Installation Manager for Windows. It is developed by SolidWorks. Further information on SolidWorks can be found here. Click on http://www.solidworks.com to get more info about SolidWorks Installation Manager on SolidWorks's website. SolidWorks Installation Manager is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\SolidWorks Installation Manager folder, subject to the user's decision. The full command line for uninstalling SolidWorks Installation Manager is MsiExec.exe /X{26621E14-A45B-45CD-9ED9-7A0A9B585DB4}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. sldim.exe is the SolidWorks Installation Manager's main executable file and it takes approximately 916.00 KB (937984 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed together with SolidWorks Installation Manager. They take about 925.50 KB (947712 bytes) on disk.

• regval.exe (9.50 KB)
• sldim.exe (916.00 KB)

This info is about SolidWorks Installation Manager version 15.00.9022 only. For other SolidWorks Installation Manager versions please click below:

• 15.20.82
• 15.22.113
• 15.30.96

A considerable amount of files, folders and registry entries will not be deleted when you want to remove SolidWorks Installation Manager from your computer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall SolidWorks Installation Manager from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\SolidWorks Installation Manager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\SolidWorks\Installation Manager Data
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SolidWorks Installation Manager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\SOLIDWORKS\Installation Manager Data

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\SolidWorks Installation Manager\lang\Chinese\html\frameset.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\SolidWorks Installation Manager\lang\Chinese\html\header.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\SolidWorks Installation Manager\lang\Chinese\html\images\arrow_bullet.gif
• C:\Program Files (x86)\SolidWorks Installation Manager\lang\Chinese\html\images\clock.gif

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{26621E14-A45B-45CD-9ED9-7A0A9B585DB4}

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\41E12662B54ADC54E99DA7A0B985D54B\ProductIcon
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{26621E14-A45B-45CD-9ED9-7A0A9B585DB4}\InstallLocation

A way to erase SolidWorks Installation Manager from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

SolidWorks Installation Manager is a program released by the software company SolidWorks. Sometimes, users want to erase this program. Sometimes this can be hard because doing this manually requires some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK approach to erase SolidWorks Installation Manager is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your PC.

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• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate SolidWorks Installation Manager or simply activate the Search feature and type in "SolidWorks Installation Manager". The SolidWorks Installation Manager app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click SolidWorks Installation Manager in the list of programs, the following information about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about SolidWorks Installation Manager, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for SolidWorks Installation Manager:

• The software company is: http://www.solidworks.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{26621E14-A45B-45CD-9ED9-7A0A9B585DB4}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove SolidWorks Installation Manager.


8. After uninstalling SolidWorks Installation Manager, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong SolidWorks Installation Manager which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing SolidWorks Installation Manager using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove SolidWorks Installation Manager by SolidWorks from your computer, nor are we saying that SolidWorks Installation Manager by SolidWorks is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove SolidWorks Installation Manager in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.