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Installation notes

• Vista / WF2 seem to have a conflict with writing in the user's profile directory. Use c:\temp or %temp% which is in the user's profile
• Pro/Mechanica has to be associated with proe during ptcsetup (install pro/M first?)
• If you have firewalls enabled, Pro/E may fail to run with a licensing error the first time you run it. After you have told your firewall software to allow Pro/E to access the network license server, the next time you run it, it should work.

Installing Pro/E Wildfire 4 and 5

The instructions are the same as for version 3, except that now Pro/Mechanica is more tightly integrated, and installs by default.

1. \\burke.mmae.ucf.edu\proewf5\setup (or proewf5-64)
2. choose Pro/E Mechanica if it is needed
3. choose default packages (click next)
4. Add license server burke.mmae.ucf.edu default port (7788)
5. change startup directory to %TEMP% or some other directory writable to students
6. (wildfire 5) Uncheck the windchill option which causes some problems and won't be used here.
7. install
8. (click NEXT when it finishes)
9. click exit
10. The installer does not always save the startup directory correctly. If there are accounts without admin access that will use Pro/E, you may need to check the properties on the menu entry and/or icon, and change the start directory to %temp%

Troubleshooting Pro/E startup problems

Can't find Pro/E in the menu

The menu entry may have been deleted somehow.

1. Run (note: adjust for the correct installation directory) c:\program files\proeWildfire\bin\ptcsetup.bat
2. Accept existing defaults, make sure license server is burke.mmae.ucf.edu
3. click next / configure until the exit button is the only option

This should rebuild the menu entries and also freshen the license options.

licensing error

Pro/E gets a license error during startup, and exits when OK is clicked.

• Make sure your network is working correctly. Your computer must be on the UCF network (either directly, or via VPN) to contact the Pro/E license server.
• If you are using wifi for your network, make sure you are on the UCF_WPA2 network (see the [UCF NOC wireless overview)
• If your installation was before 2011 your license server might be wrong, follow the instructions in the section above and make sure it is set to burke.