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Multiple Users on the same Windows machine

JBovard76
6 - Meteoroid

For performance purposes, my team employs a specialized Windows machine that multiple users can remote into to take advantage of the larger capacity for large jobs. Historically, that is the machine I have installed Alteryx Designer on so my jobs can run in the background without impacting my local device. We recently added a 2nd team member and have obtained an additional Alteryx Designer license for them. When attempting to download and install his own licensed version of Designer, he is encountering errors that the "same or newer version of this patch is already installed". I installed the non-admin User version for Designer and he was trying to do the same, however this error makes it seem like the registry is tied up by my user install. Does anyone have any guidance on how to resolve this situation? I do not want to spend additional budget on a 2nd Windows machine just for Alteryx. Thanks

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Yoshiro_Fujimori
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

Hi @JBovard76 ,

 

If you do not need to use different versions among the two users, you can switch the license with the same Designer instance.

From command line, you can deactivate User 1 and then activate User 2.

https://help.alteryx.com : Use Command-Line Options / Activate License Online 

 

> AlteryxActivateLicenseKeyCmd.exe [license key] delete

> AlteryxActivateLicenseKeyCmd.exe [license key] [email address]

 

I hope this helps. Good luck.

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