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In SOLIDWORKS 2014 and below, the file extension is ‘.mdb’. Please note in SOLIDWORKS 2015 and above the database file has the extension ‘.sldedb’.

In the below example, it’s ‘C:\SOLIDWORKS Data 2015\lang\english\swbrowser.sldedb’, this will vary depending on version. Click the browse button (‘…’) and select the database file to update. Right click the ‘UpdateBrowserDatabase.exe’ or ‘UpdateBrowserData.exe’ depending on which version you are using and select run as administrator. Within that folder, you will see a tool called ‘UpdateBrowserDatabase.exe’ in 2015 (& above) or ‘UpdateBrowserData.exe’ in 2014 (& previous). Browse to the folder C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS \SOLIDWORKS\Toolbox\data utilities Take a copy of your SOLIDWORKS Toolbox (it’s always good to have a backup!) So this could be updating SOLIDWORKS 2012 to 2013, or SOLIDWORKS 2018 to 2019 etc. Let’s start with a simple example where the Toolbox file architecture does not change. This is important because if you are updating a Toolbox from release 2014 (or previous) to 2015 (or above), there are additional steps that we need to go through because the file architecture for the Toolbox changed with the 2015 release.

To choose the best solution, we need to find out what version you are updating the Toolbox from, and what version are you updating it to. If that sounds like you, you’ll be pleased to know it’s an easy fix! Here’s how to manually update the SOLIDWORKS Toolbox We sometimes receive support calls from users that have performed this step incorrectly and can no longer access their Toolbox. If you’re upgrading SOLIDWORKS Professional or Premium to a newer version – and you’re using a customised SOLIDWORKS Toolbox – you must make sure the Toolbox version is set to update to the same version of SOLIDWORKS during installation.