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Help / Environment / Installing WINDEV, WEBDEV, WINDEV Mobile
  • Overview
  • Required configuration
  • Configuration required for installing WINDEV
  • Setup
  • Register
  • Electronic key (used by the historical version)
  • Compatibility with the earlier versions
WINDEV
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WEBDEV
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WINDEV Mobile
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Overview
This page describes the configuration required to install WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile, as well as the different installation steps.
Please note: To install WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile, you need to be logged in as administrator of the workstation.
Required configuration
WINDEV

Configuration required for installing WINDEV

We will distinguish between the configuration of the development computer (your computer) and the configuration required for the applications developed by WINDEV to operate (the end-user computers).
Development computer:
  • Screen: minimum size: 1920 x 1080
  • 8 GB of RAM (16 GB or more recommended).
  • 20 GB of disk space.
  • running Windows 10 or later.
  • Please note: To install WINDEV, you must be logged in as administrator of the workstation..
User computer:
  • 2 GB of RAM.
  • running Windows Vista or 7 (32 or 64-bit) or later. An SSE2 processor is required.
    Please note: to use the Map control, you must have at least Windows 10 installed on your computer.
It is important to note that the source code of WINDEV applications is identical whatever the version of Windows under which the programs will run.
Note When the screen resolution of a development station is high, the font size of WINDEV editors may not be large enough for comfortable reading. This is the case on a Macbook retina in 2 560 x 1 600 or on the Windows computers in 3 000 x 1 800. To increase the size of all the fonts:
  1. Open the WINDEV general options ("Options" tab, "Home" group, "Environment").
  2. Go to the "General" tab.
  3. In "DPI management", select "Let Windows manage DPI".
  4. The DPI settings will be applied next time WINDEV Mobile is started.
For more details, see WINDEV options.
Setup
The setup is very easy, simply follow the instructions included with the installation package.
WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile can be installed in stand-alone mode, or integrated with WINDEV if it has been installed before. 64-bit and 32-bit versions of WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile can be integrated with WINDEV.
To make things easier, the setup procedure automatically creates the "WINDEV", "WEBDEV" or "WINDEV Mobile" program group in "Start .. Programs" and installs the necessary files.
The WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile setup wizard proposes to help improve the product by allowing the collection of information on how the product is used. This optional and anonymous data collection allows PC SOFT to improve its products.
Register
IMPORTANT: return your completed registration card today.
The registration card supplied with your product is very important. It will make you eligible for the free services PC Soft offers to its customers: Free Technical Support (for a set number of inquiries), information about new features, ability to update your product, ...
You also have the ability to register via Internet directly:
  1. Start the desired IDE.
  2. On the "Home" tab, in the "Online help" group, expand "Help" and select "Register product".
Electronic key (used by the historical version)
The dongle supplied with your product is specific to the development environment.
This dongle is not required for the end users or for the hosting provider of your Internet sites.
The principle is simple, the dongle must be plugged in when the product is used. This key can be a USB key or a network key).
For the USB key, plug it into an available USB port and start WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile.
Note: If the key doesn't light up or flashes, consult the following FAQ: Installing the driver required to recognize the dongle of WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV MOBILE.
If you use the SaaS version, the electronic key is no longer required.
Compatibility with the earlier versions
As for all the PC SOFT products, we guarantee backward compatibility with the earlier version.
To migrate the projects created with an earlier version, see the online help.
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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Last update: 05/24/2025

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