Windows installation guide

This article provides the standard installation process for Lumerical's products on supported Windows systems.

Notes

• Administrator access is required.
• Floating licenses must have the FlexNet license manager installed on one (1) of the computer in the local network.

Installation procedure

1. Download the installation package. (registration required).
2. Open windows explorer and go to where you saved the downloaded zip file.
3. Right click on the zip file and 'Extract All'. 
   
4. Open the extracted folder and run 'Lumerical_Installer.exe'. 
5. Click Install when prompted, to install the required MPI components.
   The prompt appears if the components are not found on your machine.  
6. Choose the default options and click Next to complete the installation. 

Next steps

• Node license activation
• Obtaining a Floating license

See also

• Managing licenses using the Lumerical launcher
• FlexNet license manager installation
• Floating trusted storage license activation 
• Certificate based license activation