1.4.1 Windows Installation

To install 4G:PLM on Windows, locate the Windows installation client with the name “fourgPLMInstaller.exe”. Double-click on this file to run the installer. Depending on your operating system version and security settings, you may get a message such as the one below from Windows 8.1:

Figure 1.1.a: Windows 8 Security Settings

For Windows 8.1, click on “More Info”, and then choose “Run Anyway”:

Figure: 1.1.b: Windows 8 Security Settings

You will be presented with some installation options:

In most cases, you can simply accept the default values and click on “Continue”. If you do not already have Adobe AIR installed on your system, you should be prompted to install it:

Figure 1.2: 4G:PLM Installation Window

Click on “I Agree” to accept the license terms. If for any reason the installation fails, you may need to download AIR from Adobe and install in manually. The Adobe download link is:

http://get.adobe.com/air/

Once the installation is complete, the 4G:PLM client should launch automatically.

Depending upon your security settings, you may have problems running the 4G:PLM client if it is not run as an administrator. If your client displays a gray screen or is inexplicably unresponsive, try right-clicking on the shortcut you use to start 4G:PLM and choose “Run as administrator”:

Figure 1.3.a: Running as Administrator

If you would like to modify your shortcut so that it always runs as administrator, choose “Properties” from the above menu. Then click on “Advanced…”, and a new dialog should open. Check the box for “Run as administrator”, and then click “OK” in both dialogs to exit.

Figure 1.3.b: Running as Administrator