How to Delete or Recreate a Local Vault View

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How to Delete or Recreate a Local Vault View​

Updated 1.7.2021

Sometimes there will be a need to delete a local PDM Vault View when troubleshooting the Client/Server connection, deleting a Test Vault View, or the PDM Server was moved to a different machine. Regardless of the reason, the steps below will explain how to delete the Vault View as well as how to create a new one.

Sometimes there will be a need to delete a local PDM Vault View when troubleshooting the Client/Server connection, deleting a Test Vault View, or the PDM Server was moved to a different machine. Regardless of the reason, the steps below will explain how to delete the Vault View as well as how to create a new one.

Disclaimer: The tasks below should only be completed by a PDM Admin as this process takes admin rights to complete the procedure on the machine. Also, before deleting any Vault View, check-in all files!!


*If an error is encountered at any point, skip to the bottom for common workarounds.

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STEP

Delete the existing PDM Vault View by right-clicking on the Vault View as shown below:

Delete existing PDM file view
STEP

Select the first option to leave the contents of the folder in place in case you cannot check in files before beginning this procedure as shown below:

leave local guide

a. If the goal is only to delete the Local Vault View, the files left in the folder can be reviewed and deleted later.

b. If the goal is to delete the Local Vault View and create a new one of the same name, rename the folder as shown below:

rename old folder

STEP

In order to create the new Vault View, use the Windows shortcut by clicking the Windows Start icon and typing in “View Setup”. Select the View Setup tool as shown below:

STEP

Place a check next to the name of the Archive Server. This step connects the Client machine to the Archive Server tables where all the files are stored in the Vault. Click Next as shown below:

STEP

Place a check next to the Vault name to be created and click Next as shown below:

a. Note any other Vault Views that have already been connected will be grayed out.

select archive servers
STEP

Select the location of the Vault View, select for all users, and click Next as shown below:

a. It is recommended to always use a local drive on the machine for the location and make it accessible to any other Windows users that will be using the machine to access files in the Vault.

select additional vaults
STEP

Finally click Finish to complete the procedure and there will be a verification afterwards displaying that the action has been completed as shown below:

review actions

complete setup

*NOTE: If any errors are encountered along the way they are usually caused by permissions blocking full removal of the previous view. To finish deleting or removing the vault view information manually, follow these procedures (only necessary if the above procedure encounters issues):

  • 1. Locate and delete the following registry keys if they exist (ALWAYS take a backup of the Registry before making any modifications to it).
  • a. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\Applications\PDMWorks Enterprise\ConisioAdmin
  • b. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\Applications\PDMWorks Enterprise\ConisioAdmin\Servers\\FileVaults\” VaultName”
  • c. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SolidWorks\Applications\PDMWorks Enterprise\Databases\”VaultName”
  • d. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\SolidWorks\Applications\PDMWorks Enterprise\Databases\”VaultName”
  • 2. To Open a command prompt with administration permissions (Left-click Windows Start, type CMD, right-click CMD and select "Run as administrator").
  • a. Type RD "c:\path_to_vault_view" /s and close the command prompt (type “EXIT”)
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