setup.exe /quiet /install /norestart PREREQUISITES=1 LICENSETYPE=SELECT
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A graphics card supporting DirectX 9.0c with at least 256 MB of dedicated video RAM. Supported Operating Systems prerequisites for bentley desktop applications v8 11 07 03
| Area | Requirement | |------|--------------| | | Local Administrator rights (not just standard user + UAC). The installer writes to C:\Program Files\Bentley , HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE , and C:\ProgramData\ | | Antivirus Exclusions | Exclude %ProgramFiles%\Bentley\ , %LocalAppData%\Bentley\ , %AppData%\Bentley\ . Real-time scanning of .dgn , .cel , and .rsc files degrades performance significantly. | | Power Settings | High performance mode (disable USB selective suspend, PCI Express link state power management) | | Virtual Memory | System-managed page file, but at least 1.5x physical RAM if using <32 GB | | Temp Space | Minimum 10 GB free on %TEMP% drive for extraction and SQLite temporary databases | Real-time scanning of
: Run reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\full" – look for Release value of 528040 (.NET 4.8) or 461808 (.NET 4.7.2). Real-time scanning of .dgn
: Run Bentley.Licensing.Service.exe from the installation directory and validate connectivity to https://connect.bentley.com .