Some of you may experience the ‘Save as’ dialog box is missing the description field when you are trying to save a part, assembly, or drawing document.This description you may see as following in the figure below:
This supposedly not happen if n you install SOLIDWORKS in a right way. To resolve this issue, you can follow these steps:
Step 1: Toggle on Details Pane
Often this issue can be easily resolved by toggling on the details pane through the File > Open dialog box.
To do so go to File > Open > Organize > Layout > Toggle ON the details pane. Then, try to save the file again using File > save as and see if the description option appears.
If the problem still exists then follow step 2.
Step 2: Register a Dynamic Link Library (.dll) file that was not registered properly during the installation process
The description field is missing as sldpropertyhandler.dll not able to register properly due to lack of admin privileges. We will have to manually register this file using command prompt.
- Run command prompt, through Start > Type Cmd > Right-click > Run as an administrator from the shortcut menu.
- Now locate the path of sldpropertyhandler.dll within windows file explorer in the SOLIDWORKS Installation directory. By default this path is C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS. Copy this path from the file explorer.
- Type regsvr32, then space and within quotation marks paste the path of dll file and add the dll file-name followed by backward slash and then hit Enter.
The command should look like this regsvr32 “C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SolidWorks\sldpropertyhandler.dll”
- Pop-up message showing the dll registration succeeded confirms that the dll file is successfully registered.
Now the description filed should appear within File > Save as dialog box.