Where Do I Start please?

[Chuckles]

At the risk sounding like a complete idiot, where is the desktop icon to start the FreeCAD program straight after installing??

I first installed it with the ADD TO PYTHONPATH and Install Redistributable options unticked. Nothing. I went through the folder and ran the vcredist_64.exe manually. That hung, so I fully uninstalled the program and went back and deleted the freecad directory.

I re-installed selecting the extra two install options. It seemed to install, but still no icon on the desktop or taskbar to start the program.

Can someone tell me which FreeCAD 0.17 folder and file I need to create a shortcut to to even start FreeCAD.

I'm running a DELL XPS All-In-One, i7 Processor, 16Gb RAM, 2Tb SSD with Windows 8 - 64bit

Thank you

[microelly2]

in your freecad directory you find the freecad.exe in bin directory.

[NormandC]

Hello Chuckles,

Welcome here.

On my Win 7 PC at work with FreeCAD 0.17 installed, I open the "Start" menu, type FreeCAD in the search bar, and it finds the desktop icon.

I don't use Windows at home, so I can't check.

[GeneFC]

Chuckles,

I am not sure what you tried, but the correct release version for Win-64 is:

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https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/0.17/FreeCAD-0.17.13522.3bb5ff4-WIN-x64-installer.exe

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This should work automatically and create a start shortcut icon.

Gene

[scrungy_doolittle]

Try this again.
I downloaded .18 for windows 64. There is no installer. This is a dev build.
I created a FreeCAD 0.18 directory under program files and unzipped the zip file into that directory.
When I click on the freecad exe, it doesn't load any modules, just goes to an un-usable screen with NOTHING.
Followed the directions on the site.
I am running .17.
Linux bundle installed fine.

[chrisb]

Can you start FreeCAD from the command line and see if there is some output telling more?

If there is no output try with -l parameter to create a log file.