Second, open Windows Settings → Apps → SolidWorks 2020 → . Run the "Repair" function. Why? Because the first installation always drops a single registry key related to the Visual Basic runtime. The repair finds it instantly. Skipping the repair leads to random crashes when editing sketches. This is the secret knowledge. Phase 7: The First Launch (The Moment of Truth) Double-click the cube. The splash screen appears. The progress bar fills: Loading Toolbox... Loading Add-ins... Loading 3D Experience Platform...
Do not open it yet.
You have a concept. It’s a messy, beautiful tangle of fillets, extrusions, and complex lofts living only in your head. To bring it into the physical world, you need a forge. For millions of engineers and designers, that forge is SolidWorks 2020.
Look at that cylinder. It is perfect. It is yours .

