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\n1.Taking control of the <\/strong>SOLIDWORKS<\/strong>\u00ae <\/strong>PD<\/span>M login dialog prompts<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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If you have used SOLIDWORKS\u00ae PDM on a system for a while, you may find that sometimes a PDM log in prompt to one or more vault views on the system shows up \u2013 Even though you had no intention to access or log in to that particular vault.<\/p>\n
These login prompts also seem to have a habit of showing up when least expected. Some examples where a login prompt may show are:<\/p>\n
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- Starting a new email in Outlook.<\/li>\n
- Changing name of a folder completely unrelated to the vault view.<\/li>\n
- Running a Windows search.<\/li>\n
- Typing a path in the File Explorer address bar.<\/li>\n
- Starting up a new File Explorer after a reboot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\nAnd if the login prompt for some reason does not show up modally, the prompt might show behind other application windows or on another monitor \u2013 the process that triggered the login prompt would wait until you acknowledge the login dialog. So for example, if you open File Explorer which in turn triggers a login prompt that is not displayed, to the end user this may seem as if Explorer now hangs. Explorer has not really frozen, but it is waiting for the user input. As this image illustrates, the login prompt is not initially visible until you ALT+TAB to display it.
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<\/p>\nDepending on the environment, there are even reports of some situations (often with Windows 11) where the prompt is not shown at all. With the characteristics of Explorer behaving as if it has stopped working.<\/p>\n
You may ask, why is this happening?<\/strong><\/p>\n
A file vault login prompt will show when you are not logged in and there is an application on the system that requests access to the files or folder paths within a local file vault view. The login is needed to get the up to date information from the vault database for the file, and potentially cache a copy.<\/p>\n
This will most often happen when you use File Explorer to browse into a vault view, in which case PDM logically will show a prompt for you to log in. However, the login prompt may also be triggered in many other circumstances. For example:<\/p>\n
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- When you use the File, Open or Save dialog from within an application and the last saved path points to the vault view.<\/li>\n
- When Windows File Explorer tries to display recently accessed files or folders that includes paths under a vault view.<\/li>\n
- When the Windows desktop search index scans the vault view folders, and thereby triggers the login prompt when you are requesting information involving a vault view path \u2013 such as typing values into the File Explorer address bar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To close the login prompt you would proceed with the login. The prompt will then not show again until you log out, or restart the SOLIDWORKS PDM process (edmserver.exe). If you do not want to log in, you have the option of exiting the dialog and a message informs you that this will disable the login prompt until you explicitly log in.
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<\/p>\nIf you exit the login and thereby suppress<\/em> the login dialog, it will remain suppressed from all future requests from processes that scans the vault view. However, as soon as you exit the PDM process via the tray icon, or edmserver.exe is killed, or system is restarted, the prompt will show again.<\/p>\n
How to avoid the prompts?<\/strong><\/p>\n
To date, there have been no viable option to persistently suppress the login dialog (and remain logged out) for a vault view. While some systems only shows prompts when accessing a view, others may show them more frequently and unexpected.<\/p>\n
Some options to reduce the frequency of the login prompts:<\/p>\n
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- Use automatic login<\/strong>:When any process accesses a vault view, PDM automatically logs in to the view. The setting can be controlled via the administration tool, local settings, automatic login.
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<\/li>\n- Set view to offline: <\/strong>An offline view will not prompt for login until it is set to online again. The offline\/online flag is stored in the registry – so you could create a .reg file that sets the value to offline, and another to online. When user wants vault access, run the online reg file first.\u00a0 When disconnecting from the view, run the offline reg file. You could even have it run the offline reg file on system startup to ensure it is always starting offline.
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<\/li>\n- Disable Outlook Attachment menu<\/strong>.
\nIf login prompts show each time you open Outlook or create a new email, disable the setting that is outlined in Knowledge Base article QA00000121507<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n- Clear recent accessed locations
\n<\/strong>The Quick access menu in File Explorer has settings to disable or clear recently accessed files. Changing those may reduce the frequency of the login prompts.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/4\/6-67-505x615.png\")
<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nClear recent accessed locations
\n<\/strong>The Quick access menu in File Explorer has settings to disable or clear recently accessed files. Changing those may reduce the frequency of the login prompts.<\/p>\nA new feature to control the display of the login prompt is introduced in SOLIDWORKS PDM 2023 SP4 \u00a0and 2024 SP0.<\/p>\n
You can now fully control if the login prompt should show, or remain suppressed until you explicitly select to login. This means that no process will trigger the login prompt automatically, thereby avoiding unwanted prompting.<\/p>\n
To suppress the login prompt for a vault, on a 2023 SP4 or later client<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Open the registry editor.<\/li>\n
- Browse tob: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\SolidWorks\\Applications\\PDMWorks Enterprise\\Vaults\\[vaultname]<\/li>\n
- Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named DisableAutoLoginPrompt<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Set value to 1<\/strong>\u00a0 (1=on, 0=off)
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<\/li>\n- Repeat with each vault view you wish to suppress the login prompt.<\/li>\n
- Restart system (or exit SOLIDWORKS PDM via tray icon and restart Explorer.exe process via Task Manager.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
From now on, the prompt will only appear when you right-click the vault view or tray icon and select Log In.
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<\/p>\nNotes on the new feature<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- The setting is defined per current user profile and per vault.<\/li>\n
- When enabled, the setting will supersede the automatic login (if enabled).<\/li>\n
- Exiting PDM via the tray icon, or logging out will suppress the login prompt again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n2. In SOLIDWORKS\u00ae Flow Simulation, how do I define the direction of rotation and the swirl for Axial fans?<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
- Set value to 1<\/strong>\u00a0 (1=on, 0=off)
- Set view to offline: <\/strong>An offline view will not prompt for login until it is set to online again. The offline\/online flag is stored in the registry – so you could create a .reg file that sets the value to offline, and another to online. When user wants vault access, run the online reg file first.\u00a0 When disconnecting from the view, run the offline reg file. You could even have it run the offline reg file on system startup to ensure it is always starting offline.
- Use automatic login<\/strong>:When any process accesses a vault view, PDM automatically logs in to the view. The setting can be controlled via the administration tool, local settings, automatic login.
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