It is advised to backup your registry and any valued data before making any changes to the system registry. If you are uncomfortable with following the procedure below, please seek assistance. Any such edits are done at your own risk and should only be attempted under the advisement of your IT professional. The procedure in the following document requires access and edits to the Windows registry. If our installation location for SOLIDWORKS differs, please adjust the procedure below accordingly. * Disclaimer : This document assumes that SOLIDWORKS was originally installed using the default locations. If you need to uninstall SOLIDWORKS, this guide walks through the entire process including preparing your machine and uninstalling Windows items, SOLIDWORKS items, SOLIDWORKS prerequisites, and more.