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Cadence OrCAD and Allegro 17.4-2019 Installation Guide for Windows October 2019 27 Product Version 17.4-2019 © 1999-2019 All Rights Reserved. Installing Client on a Remote Computer After installing the License Manager software and products on a file server, you can set up remote client computers. The file server can be any computer on which you have installed Cadence® Allegro® and OrCAD® products. Note: The system that has Cadence Allegro and OrCAD products installed acts as a file server. You can also run all installed products from the file server and Start menu entries are created in the file server along with the creation of all environment variables required to run the installed products. You can install the client either interactively using the Installation Wizard or unattended in the silent mode. Both types of installations will add a standard shortcut to the start menu. Note: This chapter discusses interactive installation of the client. To learn about silent or unattended installation, refer to Performing Silent Installations on page 45. Remote client computers access the license server and the products (on the file server) over a network. The remote client computer itself does not have the License Manager software or any of the products installed on it. Instead, a minimum of files are installed (system DLLs, registry entries, and environment variables) and icons that point to the products on the file server are put into the Start menu on the remote client computer. In addition, the remote client installation creates a Start menu command (Start–Cadence–License Manager–License Client Configuration Utility) that updates the CDS_LIC_FILE environment variable on the remote client computer with the licensing information on the file server. Note: You can use a UNC path or a mapped drive to specify the file server location.If you use a mapped drive and UAC (User Account Control) is on, browse to the location instead of typing the path to the server location. Specifying a UNC path is recommended as mapped drive might not be accessible due to company specific IT policies. Installing a Client Interactively on a Remote Computer 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 Install for Client Installation. 3. Read and accept the license agreement and click Next.