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Welcome to the group and to FPGAs! Sorry you're having trouble ...
Altera (and Xilinx and Lattice) discontinue device support in their "latest version" of tools. When you download Quartus, you need to select the version based on the device you are interested in. The DE board is one of the University Program boards, and they have a good tool overview on their page;
http://www.altera.com/education/univ/software/unv-software.html "Quartus II software v13.0 SP1 supports all Altera University Program FPGA boards"
So basically you need to download 13.0sp1
This issue occurs because the Terasic Control Panel application is probably looking for a specific version of Quartus. You can probably read the documentation for your board to determine what version they recommend. Try and see if the panel works once you have downloaded 13.0sp1. Because the control panel is closed-source, you won't actually learn much from it. Once you get the software installed, decide on a project, and then come back to the forum for advice when you get stuck.
Cheers,
Dave
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Hey Dave,
Thanks for the help, on a Sunday of all times. Yeah, I've noticed that too after some sleuthing. I will try 13.1, unless you advise against it. My professor wrote that we should install the latest one (14.1) but I guess that's a mistake on his part. I will come back if I require assistance.
Thanks again
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