Installation on Microsoft Windows
To install to a central location, the installer must be run in administrator mode. On Windows, right-click on the of the downloaded installer file and choose "Run as Administrator".
To install to a location you have write permission to, double click the icon of the downloaded installer file.
Then walk through the following steps. (The exact order options are presented may differ to that described.)
- Read and accept the License agreement and click Next.
- Unless you are installing a minor update to the same folder as an existing installation, you will be prompted to choose where you would like to install the Workbench. If you are upgrading from an earlier version, please refer to General information about installing and upgrading Workbenches for information about installing to an existing or different directory. Click on Next.
- Choose where you want the program's shortcuts to be placed. Click on Next.
- Choose if you would like to associate .clc files to the CLC Genomics Workbench. If you check this option, double-clicking a file with a "clc" extension will open the CLC Genomics Workbench.
- Choose if a desktop icon should be created, and choose whether clc://URLs should be opened by this program by default. Click on Next.
- Wait for the installation process to complete, and then choose whether you would like to launch CLC Genomics Workbench right away. Click on Finish.