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Installing and running on Windows

Running

  • Download the latest Windows version (zip file)
  • Extract it to any folder
    • Hint: system folders, like C:\ or C:\Program Files aren't recommended: the built-in updater won't have permission to write, and config changes might not be saved). Virtual filesystems and cloud-synced locations (Dropbox, etc.) might cause problems as well.
  • In the extracted folder, run molflow.exe

Requirements

Recent Molflow versions are developed in Visual Studio Community 2022 on Windows 11. To run, they need the Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable (x64 version).

  • The Visual C++ redistributable is shipped with Molflow (vcruntime140.dll, vcruntime140_1.dll, msvcp140p.dll and vcomp140.dll in MolFLow directory), so normally you don't have to install it. However, if MolFlow doesn't launch, you can try to delete these four DLL files from MolFlow's directory, and install the Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable (x64 version). That way the correct DLLs will be dynamically loaded.
  • Windows versions earlier than 10 might work, but not tested. You might need to install the Windows 10 Universal C Runtime
Last update: November 19, 2024