Cannot run MATHCAD EXPRESS
Why is the PTC process so convoluted?😫😫
This is the reason I never use PRIME and stick with MATHCAD 15. I am one of the respondents totally disgusted with PTC as noted on this forum thread.
In order to help a friend decide on PRIME, I downloaded MATHCAD EXPRESS, actually PRIME 10 30 day trial. It supposedly installed because there is a PRIME 10 exe file. I downloaded the license from my email. When I try to run MATHCAD PRIME 10 for the 30 day trial nothing happens when I click on the MathcadPrime.exe file in the PRIME 10 folder in Program files. It never asks for a license; it never installed a desktop icon. It never showed up in my Start Menu. Their so called instruction guide is pages long with no succinct summary. I don't have time to study a lengthy installation guide for such a convoluted process.
Because of PTCs paranoia, I have now steered my friend away from PTC MATHCAD. I was going to reinstall MATHCAD EXPRESS to see if I have changed my mind on PRIME and help him decide on MATHCAD PRIME. I advised him to go with SMATH!
If you want people to consider MATHCAD PRIME for such an exorbitant price that is required each year, I suggest you make the trial version installation more user friendly. I am now in the process of removing all PRIME files from my PC. 🙄😖