To launch the installer, you must have administrator privileges on the machine where you are installing OpenEdge. For more information, see your Windows documentation.

To initiate the Installation Program to install OpenEdge products, complete the following steps:

  1. Close all other applications before beginning the installation process.

    Other applications or tasks might interfere with the installation or use files that OpenEdge needs to complete the installation. Shut down any processes where the executable itself is located in, or a file used by the executable is located in, the directory where you intend to install OpenEdge.

  2. Double-click the setup.exe file.
  3. Read the information in the Welcome dialog box, verify that all the other applications are closed, and click Next.


After you launch the Installation Program, you are ready to perform the online tasks required to install OpenEdge.

Refer to the online installation help system that contains a help topic for each installation dialog box. To access the online help while you are running the Installation Program:
  • Choose Help in any installation dialog box. The help topic associated with the dialog box appears and describes the step-by-step procedure required to complete the dialog box.
  • Choose help topics that display in the help system's Table of Contents. Note that the help viewer in which you can read an individual help topic also displays the help system's Table of Contents in the left pane. Use the Table of Contents to navigate through all the online installation-related help topics. To display the Table of Contents, click Show on the Navigator bar.