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Cadence Allegro and OrCAD 17.2-2016 Installation Guide for Windows
Quick Overview: Installing Allegro and OrCAD 17.2-2016 Products on Windows
April 2016 2 Product Version 17.2-2016
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Installing Base Release
If you downloaded the ZIP archive, extract the content to an accessible location.
Note: For detailed installation steps, see Installing the Products
on page 33.
1. Browse to and double-click the Setup launcher file (setup.exe).
This file is located above the Disk1 folder; in the root if you have a CD or in the folder
where you extracted the ZIP for a downloaded media.
2. Click OrCAD and Allegro Products Installation.
3. Click Next.
4. Accept the license agreement and click Next.
5. Select the setup type. Select Complete if you want to install all the products. Select
Custom if you want to install specific products. Click Next.
6. Select Anyone who uses this computer [all users] for all users of the computer to
access the installed applications. Select Only for me to allow access to only the current
user installing the applications or if you do not have administrative privileges. Click Next.
7. Specify the path to the control file you received from Cadence or leave it blank if you do
not have a control file. Click Next.
8. Specify the folder where you want to install the products or accept the default. Click Next.
9. Set the path for your default working directory or accept the default directory. Click Next.
10. Ensure that the License Path box points to an existing license server in the form of