Cannot install in a non-empty directory error solutions.
Let's start with the solution. Before you install SOLIDWORKS 2024, Deactivate your SOLIDWORKS license, then Reactivate it after you have completed your installation. If you do not, you are liable to run into an Activation Count Exceeded error, and will be unable to open SOLIDWORKS.
Check out this Tech Tip on resolving errors getting a license for SOLIDWORKS CAM during SOLIDWORKS startup, specifically "Invalid Block Name" errors.
This Tech Tip will cover how to correct the error when you are seeing 'MOD-DIAM' in a SOLIDWORKS drawings instead of the correct symbols, and other issues you may encounter with SOLIDWORKS symbols.
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