Modelsim Altera starter edition needs licence ... why?

[Altera_Forum]

i downloaded the modelsim altera starter edition which doesnt require licence -as said in the web site - but when i try to open the program the following error is shown how can i use the software in this case.

[Altera_Forum]

It's strange. 

 I don't know the answer but I would try: 1) set Quartus option to correctly set Modelsim path 2) re-install modelsim.  Did you install Quartus before modelsim?

[Altera_Forum]

yes i did i installed the quartus ii 9.1 sp2 webedition and then modelsim i m using windows 7

[Altera_Forum]

the 10.0sp1 version of ModelSim-A(S)E still doesn't support Windows 7. whether or not that would trigger a licensing issue, i don't know 

 for what its worth i've used Quartus II 9.1sp2 Web Edition and the corresponding version of ModelSim-ASE without a problem

[Altera_Forum]

can then please give me the link of modelsim-ase since i think the one at the website is the subcription one

[Altera_Forum]

now that i think about it the ASE link may have been hard to find around 9.1 

 ftp://ftp.altera.com/outgoing/release/91sp2_modelsim_ase_windows.exe

[Altera_Forum]

Thank u very much u solved my problem .... :):):)