Solution: To use an environment variable to specify one or more license servers for your Autodesk products: • On the Start menu (Windows), click Settings >Control Panel. Crimelife 3. Hp Psc 1215 Software Vista there. • Double-click System. • In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab. • Click Environment Variables. • Under System Variables, click New. • In the Variable Name box, enter ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE • In the Variable Value box, enter the license server(s) in the following format: @server1;@server2;@server3 (where server is the hostname or IP address of your license server) If you wish to specify a custom port for the server, format the value as port@server where port is the custom port number your license server is running on. • Click OK to close each dialog box.

Considerations when using this environment variable Consider the following when using the ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE environment variable to specify license servers: • This variable is automatically set during a client installation from a deployment that is configured for distributed servers. • Autodesk licensing will search all servers listed in the environment variable and will use the lowest ranking license it finds first. Refer to for more information on how products are ranked. • There is no maximum number of servers that you can specify, but an environment variable does have certain character limitations, which depend on the version of Windows® operating system that you use. • You do not need to restart your system for this change to take effect. The setting becomes valid once you close the System Properties dialog box. • This variable automatically overwrites the current license server settings, such as the licpath.lic file and registry cache.