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Creo View: How to disable the Creo View Version Checker (pvvercheck_ie.cab) installation request

Modified: 25-Aug-2022   


Applies To

  • Creo Parametric 4.0 M070
  • Windchill PDMLink 9.0 to 12.0
  • Creo View 1.0 to 7.1
  • ProductView and Creo Elements/View 9.0 to 10.0
  • Visualization Services (WVS)

Description

  • How to disable the Creo View Version Checker (pvvercheck_ie.cab) installation request
  • Can we turn off the ProductView Version Checker that's executed every time ProductView is instantiated in the browser (downloads pvvercheck_ie.cab object)
  • Users repeatedly receive the following notification:
    This website wants to install the following add-on: 'pvverchec_ie.cab' from 'Parametric Technology Corporation'. If you trust the website and the add-on and want to install it click here...
  • Users on Windows Vista or later may also receive a User Account Control (UAC) warning dialogue, with the following message:
    User Account Control
    Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?
    Program name: [1]pvvercheck_ie[1].cab
    Verified publisher: PTC Inc.
    File origin: Downloaded from the Internet
    Program location: <Windchill Server URL>

    ...
  • These notifications occur when a user:
    1. Accesses a Windchill CAD Document or WTPart Information Page > Details tab for a CAD Part or Assembly that has a 3D Thumbnail Image / preview displayed
    2. Attempts to launch the ProductView Client to view a WVS Representation
  • What is purpose of pvvercheck.cab in Creo View 
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