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How to reconfigure Creo Parametric without using reconfigure.exe

Modified: 24-Nov-2025   


Applies To

  • Creo Parametric 1.0 to 12.4
  • Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire 2.0 to Wildfire 5.0

Description

  • How to re-configure without using ptcsetup.bat/reconfigure.exe
  • How to edit the *.psf to use specific license
  • How to update server/license information for the existing installation without re-configuring the application
  • Where is the *.psf file located
  • How to modify server information manually
  • Does the *.psf need to be modified if the feature name of the base license has been updated
  • How to modify the *.psf file to add the new feature name so that the software uses the new feature name licenses
  • Where to find server & license feature information in the existing installation
  • User is prompted to enter login credentials while reconfiguring application
  • Unable to update Creo using reconfigure.exe
  • Not able to activate a license from File > Options > Floating Licenses
  • We changed to a new license package with three license levels in the pool:
    • Creo Design Essentials (T1)
    • Creo Design Advanced Professional (T3)
    • Creo Design Premium (T4)
    • How to configure the environment to make the users check out T3 or T4 license when they need to use the features only available in T3 or T4
  • How to configure Creo Parametric client without running reconfigure.exe after server's IP address is changed
  • Installation and Configuration Guidance for Selecting License Server and Language in Creo
    • Guidance required for installing and configuring Creo to enable selection of license server and software package
    • Customer has two license servers, A and B
    • License Server A contains software packages T1, T2, T5
    • License Server B contains software packages T1, T5
    • Requirement to select server, software package, and language (Chinese or English) upon launching Creo
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