Article - CS13614
Windchill Workgroup Manager should be started "Run as administrator" for registering CAD applications
Modified: 09-Oct-2023
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 13.0
- PTC Windchill Workgroup Manager
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Windows 10
Description
- Windchill Workgroup Manager (WWGM) should be started in Run as administrator for registering CAD applications in Windows 10
- Windchill Workgroup Manager (WWGM) should be started in the elevated mode for registering CAD applications in Windows 7
- Is it necessary to run Workgroup manager as an administrator while registering CAD Application
- When using Vista or Windows 7 machine, the WGM Client should be started in Elevated mode for register and/or un-register CAD application.
- Selecting the Open in AutoCAD action icon from a Workspace, freezes Windchill WGM
- Can not get Windchill, WWGM and CAD applications to function together on Windows 7 system
- Issues using Workgroup Manager on Vista or Windows 7 machine
- Windchill Workgroup Manager should be in elevated mode when registering the following CAD applications: AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks and CATIA V5.
- SolidWorks registration fails to launch the Workgroup Manager, caused by the SolidWorks Add-On for the Workgroup Manager pointing to a non-WWGM related dll such as %ProgramFiles%\SolidWorks Corp\SolidWorks\dsgnchk\Dsgnchku.dll
- Unable to see the PTC Windchill Workgroup Manager in add-in manager of Autodesk Inventor 2023
- Error while registering Mathcad prime with workgroup manager
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PTC|Mathcad Prime\Mathcad Prime 1.0\Addons does not exist in the registry.
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