Article - CS317655
lmadmin_ptc service fails to start in FlexNet Publisher
Modified: 11-Mar-2026
Applies To
- Creo Parametric 4.0 M110
- Creo Parametric 6.0 to 12.4
- Mathcad Prime 6.0 to 11.0
- PTC Arbortext Editor 6.0 to 8.2
Description
- lmadmin_ptc service fails to start for FlexNet Publisher 11.16.2.1
- lmadmin_ptc service fails to start for FlexNet Publisher 11.17.1.0
- FlexNet Publisher 11.16.2.1 installation fails with "Unreachable" status
- Manual start of the lmadmin_ptc service returns "Error 1053"
- Manual start of lmadmin.exe from the Command prompt returns " msvcp120.dll missing" message
- Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion when attempting to start the Flexlm service on a Windows Server 2008 machine
- lmadmin_ptc service fails to start for FlexNet Publisher 11.14.1.2
- In the Creo installation Assistant window, after dragging the license file into the box, the status freezes on "starting"
- During the installation of Flexnet Admin License Server, the installation does not get completed because the license server service does not start.
- The current Arbortext license server cannot start up with Error 1053
- Unable to update the Flexnet Admin License server using reconfigure.exe
- reconfigure.exe freezes with the status 'Installing license server'
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