Failed to launch server application

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Richard Doyle, Nov 22, 2004.

  1. I'm trying to edit a design table in a standard part stored on our server. I
    keep getting the message "Failed to launch server application". A reboot
    fixes it temporarily. Any ideas?

    Richard
     
    Richard Doyle, Nov 22, 2004
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  2. Nope, thought of that. And, Excel isn't on the server, it runs local. Must
    be a setting? Can't think of one though.

    Richard
     
    Richard Doyle, Nov 22, 2004
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  3. Richard Doyle

    CS Guest

    I would guess that it is having trouble connecting to Excel. Maybe you have
    excel opened and it has an error window of some sort.
     
    CS, Nov 22, 2004
    #3
  4. I've seen it here also, but always attributed it to a PDM/network hiccup or
    something. I'm on SW2005 SP0.1 & Excel 2003.

    WT
     
    Wayne Tiffany, Nov 22, 2004
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  5. Richard Doyle

    CS Guest

    No it doesn't mean that it is a server application in the sense you are
    thinking. As I understand it is an outside app serving the app it was called
    from.

    Check your taskmanager for Excel.exe on the processes tab.

    I got a similar error trying to call Solidworks and autocad from excel
    today. Shutting them down completely and making sure there were no remnant
    processes made it work again. In your case making sure Excel isn't running.
    I don't know what would be causing it to loose excel though. What version
    of SW and Excel are you running.

    Corey
     
    CS, Nov 22, 2004
    #5
  6. It could just be a hiccup. We've had torrential rains here over the last two
    days, and this morning the network was down. There are no instances of Excel
    running in the task manager, so I'll try it again in the morning.

    Richard
     
    Richard Doyle, Nov 22, 2004
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  7. Sometimes updating Microsoft Office to the latest SP fixes the problem.

    Mike Wilson
     
    Mike J. Wilson, Nov 23, 2004
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  8. Richard Doyle

    Jeff Parker Guest

    One thing to rule out first is that you don't have script blocking
    enabled within your anti-virus software.

    If you don't want to disable it all together you can add the necesary
    files to the exclusion list in the anti-virus software.

    JP
     
    Jeff Parker, Nov 23, 2004
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  9. Thanks everyone for all of the ideas. It now looks like simply a hiccup in
    our network due to the storms. I've been running all day without a problem.

    Richard
     
    Richard Doyle, Nov 23, 2004
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