Article - CS371983

SolidWorks worker fails to start with the error: "sw2pv Error:58000: Failed to start SolidWorks"

Modified: 28-Jul-2025   


Applies To

  • Creo View Adapters 1.0 to 12.0
  • Windchill PDMLink 11.1 to 13.1
  • SolidWorks
  • Windchill Visualization Services (WVS)
  • Windchill Workgroup Manager

Description

  • SOLIDWORKS CAD Worker is marked as Fails to start in Worker Agent Admin
  • Error reported in worker log:
        sw2pv Error:58000: Failed to start SolidWorks
  • Remote SolidWorks worker fails to start from the Worker Agent Administrator UI
  • SolidWorks worker fails to start when GS worker daemon is configured as service and to run as SYSTEM account
  • SolidWorks fails to start due to license error: SOLIDWORKS license will expire in XX days

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  • Failed to start Solidworks using swpublish.bat with the same 58000 error, however, Solidworks itself can be started correctly
 

 

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