Quartus Lite 20.1 "ModelSim executable not found in C:/intelFPGA_lite/20.1/modelsim_ae/win32aloem"

Hi,

I have installed recently Quartus prime lite 20.1 and get the following error message

when running a simulation from the University program simulator waveform editor:

"ModelSim executable not found in C:/intelFPGA_lite/20.1/modelsim_ae/win32aloem"

the previous steps:

**** Generating the ModelSim Testbench ****

**** Generating the functional simulation netlist ****

**** Generating the ModelSim .do script ****

all completed successfully.

I checked Tools>Options>modelsim....> C:\intelFPGA_lite\20.1\modelsim_ae\win32aloem

has the correct path with the file present

and assignment>settings has also the right information

Any help would be highly appreciated

best