How to switch ArcGIS Desktop licenses between ArcINFO and ArcView versions, without giving users local admin privilages.

jessegonzales — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:26:33 GMT

Easier way of doing this?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Re: How to switch ArcGIS Desktop licenses between ArcINFO and ArcView versions, without giving users local admin privilages.

RichardDaniels — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 18:44:17 GMT

There are several environment variables used by ArcGIS Desktop that when set override the settings in the registry (which are managed by ArcGIS Administrator). For this issue you need the ESRI_SOFTWARE_CLASS environment variable. Valid settings are Advanced, Editor, and Viewer.

In my case I just create a shortcut that points to a DOS Batch file that does the following:

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REM Setup Advanced license level prior to starting ArcMap
ECHO OFF
SET ESRI_SOFTWARE_CLASS=Advanced

IF NOT EXIST "C:\Program Files (X86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.3\bin" GOTO TRYFAIL

SET THEVER="C:\Program Files (X86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.3\bin"

cd %THEVER%
ArcMap.exe
ECHO ON
EXIT

:TRYFAIL
ECHO ON
ECHO ArcMap not found, exiting...
PAUSE
EXIT

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Of course you would change the path above to match your current version of Desktop.

We do the same for ArcCatalog and ArcEditor licenses then build a package that adds these shortcuts to Start | All apps | ArcGIS. This allows us to install ArcGIS Desktop and the 'basic' level on all machines in the agency while allowing the end user to switch between license levels when needed.

Rich

Re: How to switch ArcGIS Desktop licenses between ArcINFO and ArcView versions, without giving users local admin privilages.

jessegonzales — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:40:49 GMT

Rich,

Thank you so much for this information, I really appreciated.

Sincerely,

Jesse

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