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Thank you for describing your fix to the problem you were having. I have the same problem, and presume that the same remedy will solve it for me as well. One followup question: You said that you moved the Altera directory to the disk's root directory (to avoid the space in the path name that included "program files"). My question is whether you had to do an uninstall followed by a reinstall of Quartus 13 in the new location, or whether you can just drag the directory to the new location.
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Since I was on the train and without possibility to download a new installer I tried to just move the 'altera' directory up to the root folder (à la OSX). I made sure the Environment Variables (QUARTUS_ROOT, PATH, ...) were corresponding to the new location and run a quick regedit check (I think there was nothing relevant in the registry)... it turned out to be working perfectly!
To view the Environment Variables - in Windows 8 - go to System (Control Panel) | Advanced System settings | Advanced (tab) | Environment Variables... (check both User and System).
This solved LOTS of problems I was having. Also if you want to put the (quite large) 'altera' directory somewhere else than the main hard drive I am pretty sure you can - provided there are no spaces in the path.
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