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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

Modelsim doesn't load on Windows XP

I'm trying to get Modelsim 10.1b (Starter/free edition) running on my PC. I'm running on a clean installation of Windows XP SP3. When I click on Modelsim, the splash screen appears for several seco...
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13 years ago

It should work fine. Try starting a NIOS II IDE shell (its an option from the start menu) and then type vsim (which is the command-line name for Modelsim).

You might get an error message that will help determine what is wrong.

I just installed Quartus 12.1sp1 (including Modelsim-ASE) under Windows XP and it works fine.

Cheers,

Dave