Installing FME Desktop on Microsoft Windows

  1. If you downloaded FME from www.safe.com, double-click the downloaded file.
  2. On the FME Desktop Installation Extractor dialog, specify a Destination folder in which to extract installation files. Note that this folder only specifies where installation files are extracted—it does not specify where FME Desktop program files are installed. That location is specified later in the installer.

    3. Tip: Take note of the specified Destination folder location. Following installation, you may wish to:
    Review the installation .log file
    Remove these files to save disk space.

  3. Click Install.
  4. When extraction is complete, the installer opens. On the Welcome to FME Desktop screen, click Next.
  5. Follow the instructions in the installation wizard.

    6. The FME Desktop installer gives you the option of an Express or Custom installation. If you choose Express, the following installation settings are configured automatically. If you choose Custom, the installer gives you the option of configuring each setting separately.

    Note: If you choose Custom, FME saves the specified settings as new default values for subsequent Express installations on the same machine.

    Setting

    Description

    Default Value in an Initial Express Install
    Associate FME with the supported file formats Whether to associate FME Desktop with its supported file formats, which enables Windows Explorer right-click functionality to open, view, translate, and transform files using FME Desktop. Yes

    Install Python 2.7

    Whether to include an optional Python 2.7 interpreter with the installation. (A Python 3.7 interpreter is installed by default.)

    WARNING: The Python 2.7 interpreter relies on the Visual Studio 2008 runtime, which has security vulnerabilities. If you have existing FME Desktop workspaces that reference Python 2.7, we strongly recommend upgrading them to reference Python 3.x in lieu of installing the Python 2.7 interpreter.

    No

    Install Software Development Kit

    Whether to install the SDK, which provides access to FME Objects and FME Plug-in Builder APIs. You can use the APIs to create your own applications and plug-ins that make use of FME functionality.

    No

    Implicit NAD27 <-> NAD83 Datum Shift

    Whether implicit NAD27 to NAD83 datum shifts use Canadian or U.S. grid shift files. If None, FME prompts for a selection at workspace runtime.

    Note: You can change this setting after installation in the FME Options menu. For more information, see Coordinate Systems.

    None

  6. When FME is finished installing, the Licensing Assistant starts.

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