Solidworks as administrator

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Nebohadnazzer
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Solidworks as administrator

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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...
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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.
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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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Nebohadnazzer wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 2:38 am 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?
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Post by 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!
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Nebohadnazzer wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:13 am 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).
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