Registration Failures During SOLIDWORKS Installations, Error 1722

Xavier Meyer
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Problem

During a SOLIDWORKS installation, there is a chance that DLL or EXE files will fail to register, and the following error message may occur:
The Windows Installer for this product component did not run as expected: register_i386_SldShellExtServerExe.

Image of registration failure error code

The error will also appear as a line item within the SOLIDWORKS installation logs as: 

  1. 4:16:10 Error Status 149 0 "Product:SOLIDWORKS ErrorCode:1722 CA:register_i386_SldShellExtServerExe Location:C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\sldShellExtServer.exe Command:sldshellextserver.exe /REGSERVER"
  2. register_i386_sldshellextserverexe. Return value 3. 
  3. regsvr32 xyz.dll. Return value 3. 

This error is commonly associated with having corrupt installations or missing installations of the Microsoft Visual  C++ prerequisite packages. 

Solution

To resolve this issue, a manual uninstall and reinstall of the Microsoft Visual C++ prerequisite is recommended. Please follow the steps included in this article:
How to Repair Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables – Hawk Ridge Systems Support 

For additional support, existing customers can submit a ticket or new customers can contact Hawk Ridge Systems.

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