{"id":25197,"date":"2018-08-06T06:10:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T06:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/?p=18261"},"modified":"2018-08-06T06:10:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T06:10:49","slug":"set-default-program-solidworks-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/set-default-program-solidworks-files\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set Default program for SOLIDWORKS Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us often experience issues with <strong>SOLIDWORKS<\/strong> file associations while accessing <strong>SOLIDWORKS<\/strong> files by clicking on <strong>File &gt; Open?<\/strong> The open dialog allows access to Windows File explorer, by default file type is set to \u201cAll files\u201d. However, some customers have the default file type set to Inventor, <strong>CATIA,<\/strong> or another software.<br \/>\nThis can be annoying and a waste of time; as we have to manually select the \u201call file\u201d type option to open our particular <strong>SOLIDWORKS<\/strong> file. What to do in this case?<\/p>\n<h3>Follow the steps below to set default file type to \u201cAll Files\u201d:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 15px; color: #000;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 15px; color: #000;\">\n<li>In Windows &gt; Control Panel &gt; Default Programs &gt; Set Associations\/Associate a file type or just search Associate files in Start menu.<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18076\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ckonnect.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18076\" \/><\/p>\n<li>In Associate file type or protocol with a program &gt; default applications by file type.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18076\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ckonnect1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18076\" \/><br \/>\nBrowse for .SLDASM, .SLDDRW &amp; .SLDPRT file types in left hand side.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18076\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ckonnect2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"18076\" \/><br \/>\nSet the default app as <strong>SOLIDWORKS LAUNCHER<\/strong> as shown in the above fig.<br \/>\nIf you couldn\u2019t find Launcher in Default Programs, Kindly browse to following location.<br \/>\n\u201cC:\\Program Files\\<strong>SOLIDWORKS<\/strong> Corp\\<strong>SOLIDWORKS<\/strong> (2)\\sw<strong>ShellFileLauncher\u201d<\/strong>.    \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us often experience issues with SOLIDWORKS file associations while accessing SOLIDWORKS files by clicking on File &gt; Open? 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