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asdfasdf1
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6 days ago

RTL Simulation fails with: couldn't execute ip-setup-simulation: invalid argument

Hello,   I am using Quartus Prime Pro Edition 25.3.1 on Windows 10/11.   RTL simulation fails immediately with the following error:   Error: Failed to run ip-setup-simulation: couldn't execute ...
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asdfasdf1
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4 days ago

I’m sorry that I cannot provide the .qsf file due to technology leakage/security concerns.

However, I managed to solve this issue.
The solution was simply to run Quartus with administrator privileges.

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4 days ago

asdfasdf1 I’m glad you were able to resolve the issue, and thank you for sharing the solution. This will help others as well.

Regards,
Richard Tan