Hate Retyping SOLIDWORKS Serial Numbers for a “clean” installation? Back them up!

DISCLAIMER: The procedures in the following article require access and edits to the windows registry. Any such edits are at your own risk and should only be attempted under the advisement and direction of your IT professional. If you are uncomfortable with executing the procedures below please seek assistance. It is advised to back up your registry and any valued data before making any changes to the system registry. Javelin Technologies assumes no responsibility for any consequences, unintended or otherwise resulting from changes made to the system or the system registry.

Depending on the SOLIDWORKS products that you have in your repertoire, it can become a bit of a chore to re-enter all of the 24-digit SOLIDWORKS serial numbers for each individual SOLIDWORKS product that you would like to install on your system.

Reentry of your SOLIDWORKS serial numbers for a new installation is but a double-click away…if you have taken the appropriate steps beforehand.

Capture and Restore your SOLIDWORKS Serial Numbers

To prepare for a re-installation of SOLIDWORKS and capture all of your serial numbers, try the following steps:

1. Open the windows registry editor by typing “REGEDIT” in the windows start menu.
2. Navigate to the following key: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\Licenses\Serial Numbers“
3. Right-click on the “Serial Numbers” Key and choose “Export“
4. Name the exported registry entry with an appropriate name (example: “SWX SERIAL NUMBERS.reg”)
5. Save the Exported Serial Number data in a safe place, unaffected by any installations or removals taking place on the system.
6. When you are ready to perform an installation, simply “Open” or “Run” the registry (*.reg) file on the new or “Clean” system.

Export SOLIDWORKS Serial Numbers

The Result

When the SOLIDWORKS Installation manager runs, it will automatically populate with all of your captured SOLIDWORKS Serial Numbers — saving you the time and hassle of retyping the data!