How to Fix SOLIDWORKS Toolbox

Error Solidworks Toolbox:

1. Failed to get writable document
2. Unable to open read-only file
3. Failed to  save Toolbox library: Access to the path is denied

Failed to get writable document

In this case, you need to check the access rights to the Toolbox directory (by default C: \ Solidworks Data can be viewed in the Toolbox settings)

To do this, right-click on the Toolbox-Properties - Security tab. Check that your account has write permissions.

Unable to open read-only file

With this error, you must tick the "Change the status of the read-only document to the record" in the Toolbox- "User Settings" configurator settings

Failed to  save Toolbox library: 

Access to the path is denied

In the third case, you need to check the write permission of the "ToolboxFiles.index" file, which is located in the Toolbox - \ Browser directory. This error may appear in SW2012 and higher versions. This is due to the fact that starting from Solidworks 2012 the toolbox does not depend on the SWBrowser.mdb database, but stores the structure in the "ToolboxFiles.index" file.

A Journal File Could not Be Created. Another SOLIDWORKS Session Running

Do you receive a warning message "A journal file could not be created. Auto recover will not work. Another SolidWorks session running" every time you open SOLIDWORKS?

Warning – Auto recover will not work.

The path to the auto-recovery log "swxJRNL.swj" is not correct. The reasons for this message can be:

• You do not have write permission for the folder, which can be the case on a secure network in a folder which is read-only for users.
• A journal file is already in use by another SolidWorks session, either on your machine or on another machine, which can be caused by:

• A second session of SolidWorks trying to create a journal file in the same location as the first.
• A session of SolidWorks terminated abnormally and the journal file not having been terminated completely.
• More than one user double-clicked files in the same folder to start SolidWorks, which can happen in shared network folders.

When you start SolidWorks, it creates a journal file named swxJRNL.swj in the following location:

C:\Users\current_user\AppData\Roaming\SolidWorks\SolidWorks version.


When you create a new journal file, if one already exists in the target folder and is not in use, SolidWorks copies the existing file to swxJRNL.BAK and then creates the new file. Thus, swxJRNL.swj represents the current session and swxJRNL.BAK represents the previous session.

The warning message is not harmful and can be ignored unless you need the journal file for programming purposes. However, multiple sessions of SolidWorks on the same computer, especially if one session is terminated abnormally, can decrease performance.

How to solve the issue

• Open up the Registry Editor window by clicking on WIndows Start button and typing “regedit”
• Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2012\ExtReferences" and rename values "SolidWorks Journal Folders" to "SolidWorks Journal Folders_old" . 

Rename

• Close Registry Editor and run SolidWorks.

You will notice that the error message will no longer show. Note in the Registry Editor window there is a new values created for "SolidWorks Journal Folders". If the error message does not show and the problem is solved, you can delete the "SolidWorks Journal Folders_old" values that was renamed.

How to fix SOLIDWORKS errors caused by Microsoft update KB3072630

After applying the update Windows KB3072630, many people have a problem with Solidworks, namely the error "Failed to create ToolboxLibrary object". It affects 2011-2015 and Solidworks 2016 beta. 

Symptoms

Instability may appear in many different functional areas of the software, so the list below may not be complete. Known symptoms are:

• Crashes when recording, playing or editing a SOLIDWORKS Macro.
• Missing add-ins from the SOLIDWORKS add-ins list in the Tools menu.
• Error when launching SOLIDWORKS or opening a file: “Could not load SOLIDWORKS DLL: GdtAnalysisSupport.dll”.
• Instability when using Equations;
• Error when launching SOLIDWORKS or SOLIDWORKS Explorer: “DWG document manager library is invalid or missing
• Error "Failed to create ToolboxLibrary object".
• The error “The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation” is displayed when attempting to apply a service pack to SOLIDWORKS with administrative rights.
• After an installation or upgrade of SOLIDWORKS, many SOLIDWORKS add-ins are missing from the add-ins list
• SOLIDWORKS crashes when launching, with a SWVBAServer error. This also happens when recording, playing, or editing a SOLIDWORKS Macro
• The error “Could not load SOLIDWORKS DLL: sldshellutils” error is returned when selecting “Pack and Go…” from SOLIDWORKS or SOLIDWORKS Explorer
• SOLIDWORKS Treehouse crashes when launching.

How to fix these errors:

First, check if you have KB3072630 installed:

• From the Windows Control Panel, click Windows Update.
• In the left pane, click View update history.
• Browse the list of installed updates to check if KB3072630 was installed. If present, it will have been installed on or after July 14 2015.
• If KB3072630 is installed on your system please review the recommendations in the applicable scenario below.

On the Windows Control Panel, click Windows Update. In the left pane, click View update history. Review the list of installed updates, to ensure that it was liustanovleno update KB3072630. If KB3072630 update has been installed on your system, check the directions to correct errors.
The solution recommended by Microsoft and Solidworks Corp is as follows:
Click Start, click Run, in the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
 Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer
Note: If this section does not exist, create it.
On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click the value of DWORD. DWORD name, type RemappedElevatedProxiesPolicy and then press ENTER.
Right-click RemappedElevatedProxiesPolicyi then click Modify.
In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
Install the required application (Solidworks).
After successful installation of the application, RemappedElevatedProxiesPolicy reset the DWORD value to 0, to include Security Patch 3,072,630 KB.
The whole operation can be simplified:
Download and unzip the file FIX_KB3072630.zip.
Run the "RunAfterRepair_enable_KB3072630.reg"

After adding information to the registry, run the installation of Solidworks and select "Repair the individul installation" option.

At the end of the recovery run Solidworks "RunBeforeRepair_disable_KB3072630.reg" file

Enjoy.