Installation Guide for pc

2
Right-click on the 
flexlm.cpl
file and select Open with Control Panel. 
3
In the FLEXlm License Manager control panel, click the Control tab. On 
this panel, click on the appropriate button to start, stop, or obtain status 
information about the license manager. 
Installing the License Manager as a Service
The installer gives you the option of installing the license manager as a 
Windows NT service. (See “Step 7: Install the License Manager as a Service” 
on page 2-16.) Installing the license manager as a service provides for 
automatic startup at system boot time and centralizes administration of the 
license manager through the Windows Services control panel. 
If you choose not to install the license manager as a service during installation, 
you can do it later using the 
install.exe
program or the FLEXlm License 

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Performing Common License Management Tasks
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Manager
control panel, which are both available in the 
$MATLAB\flexlm
directory. 
Note If you choose not to install the license manager as a service, you will 
have to start the license manager manually each time you want to run 
MATLAB. See “Starting and Stopping the License Manager” in Chapter 3 for 
more information.
Using the FLEXlm Control Panel 
To use the FLEXlm License Manager control panel (
flexlm.cpl
) to install the 
license manager as a Windows service, follow this procedure:
1
Move to the 
$MATLAB\flexlm
directory, where 
$MATLAB
represents your 
MATLAB installation directory.
2
Right-click on the 
flexlm.cpl
file and select Open with Control Panel. 
3
In the FLEXlm control panel, click the Setup tab. Specify the full path of the 
license manager daemon (
lmgrd.exe
) and the processed license file. You can 
also specify the name and location of the license manager log file. Select the