Installing Creo3 under Windows 11

[Dom_CHENTRE]

Hello, I currently have a subscription for CREO (8-11) that will end at the end of the year.
For financial reasons I will stop it.

I have an old Creo3 license that is permanent. Will it work on Windows 11?

When I will no longer have maintenance, will I be able to change my host ID?
For this Creo3 that is no longer under maintenance.

Thank you

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

1.]

PTC still enables to move old non-active Creo 3.0 license from old HOST-ID to new HOST-ID for free.

2.]

If old non-active Creo 3.0 license is floating one then you can install current FLEXnet version on Windows 11 machine and "put Creo 3.0 license into it".

3.]

I don't know if the setup.exe from the Creo 3.0 installation media will work on Windows 11. If that doesn't work, the Creo 3.0 installation can be copied from the old computer.

[Dom_CHENTRE]

Hi, thanks a lot !
Yes, Creo3 is permanent and floating.

For point 3.],

You means that I can copy installed files from an old computer ?

No registry settings, environment variables, and so no ?

Or just copying ISO content ?
Thanks

[BenLoosli]

Creo does not use the registry, so you can just copy the installation from computer A to computer B.

You will need a new license, unless you have a floating license and it runs on a server.

I do this with my single network installation. Install is on a Windchill server, then copy the Creo loadpoint to a network drive and change a few settings in the b.bat and .psf files and the config.pro and we are good to go with a new version.

[MartinHanak]

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@Dom_CHENTRE wrote:

Hi, thanks a lot !
Yes, Creo3 is permanent and floating.

For point 3.],

You means that I can copy installed files from an old computer ?

No registry settings, environment variables, and so no ?

Or just copying ISO content ?
Thanks

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Hi,

BenLoosli already answered your question on ‎2024-10-14 08:14 PM.

[Dom_CHENTRE]

Hi Martin,
Thanks, but I can't find the BenLoosi answer you're speaking.
Can you explain ?
Thanks

[BenLoosli]

Repeat from earlier post:

Creo does not use the registry, so you can just copy the installation from computer A to computer B.

You will need a new license, unless you have a floating license and it runs on a server.

I do this with my single network installation. Install is on a Windchill server, then copy the Creo loadpoint to a network drive and change a few settings in the b.bat and .psf files and the config.pro and we are good to go with a new version.

[Dale_Rosema]

Remember that Creo is not reverse compatible. Anything worked on with a newer version of Creo will not be able to be opened with Creo 3.

[Dom_CHENTRE]

Yes I know, thanks.
But my old company projects are still on Creo 2 🙄
So in the future, new projects will be done with Creo3.

[Dale_Rosema]

You mentioned:

I currently have a subscription for CREO (8-11) that will end at the end of the year.

So that is what I commenting on.

[Dom_CHENTRE]

thanks, but my fear is what will happen when I no longer have the subscription and return to Creo3 (permanent, floating).
Still access to change PC, and still access to the community.

[StephenW]

The community is completely open with the exception of the "ideas" area.  You have to have a certain level of maintenance to submit and kudo ideas.

[MartinHanak]

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@Dom_CHENTRE wrote:

thanks, but my fear is what will happen when I no longer have the subscription and return to Creo3 (permanent, floating).
Still access to change PC, and still access to the community.

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Hi,

termination of subscription means that you will lose access to the installation media download area.

You will be able to move Creo 3 license from "old" PC to "new" one.

You will be able to access Community.

[Consti]

Hi there,

I'm in the same place. Just upgraded my old work station and I now have WIN11. The good news is that the installation works just fine for PTC Creo Parametrics 3.0 M190. Also moving the host ID was easy, you can do it by logging in to the website or during the installation process. However unfortunately the licensing fails. Somehow flexnet fails to authenticate the license so I'm not able to install flexnet license server, not even the newest version flexnetadmin64_11.19.6.1 stand alone.

If you have a solution to that please let me know, I spent too much time on that already and my last resort would be a virtual machine, but I would like to avoid that.

Best,

Consti

[scott14468]

I am considering upgrading my Windows 10 PC that is running Creo 3.0 F000 to Windows 11.  It sounds like Creo will run OK under windows 11, but will require a new license file since the OS is changing.  Is that correct or am I missing something.

Thanks for your help,

Scott14468

[MartinHanak]

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@scott14468 wrote:

I am considering upgrading my Windows 10 PC that is running Creo 3.0 F000 to Windows 11.  It sounds like Creo will run OK under windows 11, but will require a new license file since the OS is changing.  Is that correct or am I missing something.

Thanks for your help,

Scott14468

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Hi,

if you open your license file in Notepad, you will see that license file is related to MAC address of network card (PTC_HOSTID).

Therefore you do not need new license when you upgrade from W10 to W11.

[scott14468]

Hi Martin,

good to know, thanks!

Scott

[Dom_CHENTRE]

Hi Consti,
So, did you find a solution to install Creo Parametric 3.0 M190 and license server on a Win 11 computer ?
Thanks