Installing 2006 SP3 -cannot access file d:.....works.msi error

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by John, Jan 29, 2006.

  1. John

    John Guest

    Hi All

    Has anybody had a problem installing SP3? Thats SP 1.0 to SP3.0

    The wizard asks for CD#1 then says
    "The wizard cannot access file: D:\swwi\....\English_i386_Solidworks.msi"
    What am I doing wrong?
    The requested file is available on the CD,
    I've tried copying it to the harddisk with the same result.
    I've upgraded the OS to XP Pro SP2
    I've tried SW SP 3.1

    Some help would be appreciated

    John Lute
    Delatite Design
     
    John, Jan 29, 2006
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  2. John

    TOP Guest

    I just upgraded today without problem. Did you upgrade the OS between
    SP1 and SP3?
     
    TOP, Jan 29, 2006
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  3. John

    John Layne Guest

    I have had this happen to me several times dating back a 2 or 3
    releases. The only way I could fix it was to uninstall SolidWorks clean
    the registry of all SolidWorks references and re-install.

    I hope you can find a less drastic solution, if so please share it.

    John Layne
    www.solidengineering.co.nz
     
    John Layne, Jan 29, 2006
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  4. John

    John Guest

    Thanks for your assistance.

    While I was preparing my initial email I allowed the wizard to stay active
    and low and behold when I had shut down the news service I noticed the
    wizard had progressed

    thanks again
    John

    ps still don't know the cause of the problem.
     
    John, Jan 29, 2006
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  5. John

    JN Guest

    John,
    this problem has been existing since 2006 SP 0.0 and they just don't want to
    know about it...
    Here is what you have to do:
    After extracting the downloaded update file cancel the automated upgrade
    procedure (it won't work because the drive it specifies does not exist).
    Instead, go directly to the folder where the upgarde file had been extracted
    to and run directly sw2006-1.0-3.0-i.exe (in case if you upgrade from SP 1.0
    to SP 3.0) rather than swspmanager.exe (which is started with the automated
    upgrade). From this onwards the upgrade procedure works as expected.
    Regards:
    John
     
    JN, Jan 30, 2006
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  6. John

    John Guest

    It works
    Thanks for your help

    John


     
    John, Jan 31, 2006
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