Can you open solidworks 2018 files in 2017

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The folders with my files are numbered, e.g. VB.NET console script that closes and reopens Solidworks for me, whenever 477 itterations are reached, and then continues the macro from where it has left off. My plan was to write a VB.NET script outside of Solidworks that can automatically restart the application without my intervention every X number of ittwerations, so I can process the thousands of files I have without my intervention. It appears as if Solidworks is struggling to open more than a fixed number of files in the same session. Inside my loop, I open an STEP file, verify it, and then save it as an STL file.

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I am running a VBA Macro in solidworks that stops working and requires me to restart Solidworks after exactly 478 loop-itterations every time I run it.

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