Product design – Henry Poon's Blog https://blog.henrypoon.com Mon, 03 Oct 2022 05:29:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 83044199 Tortoise SVN freezes when trying to lock/add/commit changes of SolidWorks files https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2012/02/18/tortoise-svn-freezes-when-trying-to-lockaddcommit-changes-of-solidworks-files/ https://blog.henrypoon.com/blog/2012/02/18/tortoise-svn-freezes-when-trying-to-lockaddcommit-changes-of-solidworks-files/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:22:37 +0000 http://henrypoon.mooo.com/blog/tortoise-svn-freezes-when-trying-to-lockaddcommit-changes-of-solidworks-files Tortoise SVN sometimes freezes when SolidWorks files get changed when the user tries to lock/add/commit files.  This is caused by the sldShellExtServer.exe process conflicting with Tortoise.  Disabling the shell extensions that SolidWorks installs on the computer removes the conflict so that SVN can work properly.

The Fix

The fix involves disabling the shell extensions, so disabling them is not recommended if the user makes use of these features.

  1. Download ShellExView from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
  2. Disable the following items:
    • SLDASMIcons Class
    • SLDDEWIcons Class
    • SLDPRTIcons Class
    • SldShellExtension Class
    • Solidworks Document Thumbnail Handler
    • SolidWorks file Info Tips Class
    • SolidWorks file Preview Class

Once these items are disabled, SVN should work properly.

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The application failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect.  Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool.

I used my Google-fu and found that the cause of this error is due my computer not having the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable.  A copy of the setup file for this is in the SolidWorks 2010 disc.  It is in the folder (DVD Drive):PreReqsVCRedist.  After installing that, the error disappeared and SolidWorks starts properly.

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