Solidworks as administrator

[Nebohadnazzer]

hi Guys,
a seem to have a weird one...
when I run solidworks (2017 to 2020) as administrator my space mouse enterprise isn't working.
the screen is showing SW but non of the buttons work nor the joystick. when I open a part/assy the moues doesn't recognize it.
any ideas what is causing this?


thanks for the help...

[jwick]

What version of 3DxWare?
You should have received a notification about this conflict in the Action Center.

If you run Solidworks at a higher UAC level than the driver, the driver can't talk to it. You need to run 3DxService.exe at the same level (run as administrator). It isn't recommended.

[luping]

Try follow my advice:
Keyboard Win+R

Input secpol.msc, run as Administrator
Go to Local Policies>security options>
Make sure to disable "User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode"

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[ngomes]

when I run solidworks (2017 to 2020) as administrator

We have seen this before but we don't know why customers run SOLIDWORKS as administrator (elevated). Running any application elevated carries a security risk and should be done only in very specific cases (like changing passwords or accessing a restricted configuration file).

Can you tell us why do you need to run the application with administrator privileges?

[Nebohadnazzer]

hello,

Thank you all for the replies.
I was running in administrator because of frequent changes in solidworks preferences while configuring a new PC.
I decided to NOT open SW as admin to prevent the issue

Thanks guys!

[ngomes]

I was running in administrator because of frequent changes in solidworks preferences while configuring a new PC.

I see. Thank you for giving us the context of why you needed to run the application as administrator (setting system-wide preferences).

[Chris3DStolle]

Try follow my advice:
Keyboard Win+R

Input secpol.msc, run as Administrator
Go to Local Policies>security options>
Make sure to disable "User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode"

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This was exactly what I needed! 3DConnexion appears to have terrible support! They deleted my post when I asked about this. In this support thread it does say they both need to be running as non-elevated which was accurate and helpful. However, they did not explain how to do this! One minor detail they missed.