Cadence Allegro and OrCAD 17.2-2016 Installation Guide for Windows
New Features and Enhancements in 17.2-2016
April 2016 15 Product Version 17.2-2016
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Diagnosing Installation Issues
Run the Allegro® Install Diagnose utility
(\tools\InstallUtils\InstallDiagnose) to
recognize, list, and repair issues with licensing and installation. The tool identifies and lists
issues related to environment variables and runtime environments, redistributable packages,
and other software packages depending on the tools installed. The tool also validates license
server and client.
Repairing Installation to Add Missing Files
Now you can run the installer in repair mode to add any files or folders missing from the
installed hierarchy.
Note: See Performing Maintenance Installation on page 39 to know more about the
maintenance options.
Silent Installation without any Graphical Interface
The silent or unattended installation mode, that runs in the background without user
intervention, does not show any graphical interface now.
Control File in Silent Installation
You can now specify a control file in the silent or unattended installation mode to select
products for installation.
Note: See Performing Silent Installations
on page 61 for more information.
Incrementally Adding Products after Installing a HotFix
You can now incrementally add new products to an installation even after it has been updated
with a HotFix. To add products after installing a HotFix, run the base release installer and
select the new features to be added.
Note: This will roll back the installation to the base release version. Install the latest HotFix
after adding new products from the base release.
