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Hello.
I had the same problem.
The service exists in a 32- and in a 64-bit version. Quartus unfortunally comes with the 32-bit version only. This does NOT work on 64-bit versions of Windows.
On the Altera WEB page you find a stand-alone version of the programming tool for FPGA/CPLD for download (unfortunately I do not know the URL). This tools contains both versions (32- and 64-bit) of the service.
Download the programming tool and install it. Then programming from Quartus will work on 64-bit Windows versions.
Hope this helps.
Martin
Honored Contributor
