Installing TwinCAT 3 Engineering and Runtime

You have read the section Integration in Visual Studio®.
You have downloaded the current installation program TC31-Full-Setup 3.1 from the Beckhoff homepage.
1. Run the program to start the installation. If you use Windows 7 or Windows 8, run the program as an administrator. To do this, right-click on the file and select the corresponding option in the context menu.
The TwinCAT 3.1 - Install Shield Wizard will open, which guides you through the installation and in which you make all further installation settings (licence agreement, customer information, setup type).
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2. Click on Next to proceed with the installation.
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3. Accept the license agreement and click on Next.
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4. Enter your User Name and Organization. Click on Next.
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1. Activate the Complete option to install the complete TwinCAT system. Click on Next.
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2. If you have already installed Visual Studio® 2013/2015/2017/2019 (or a Visual Studio® Shell 2013-2019), activate the Integrate TwinCAT selection boxes for the versions in which you wish to install TwinCAT 3.
3. If you also want to (re-)activate the TwinCAT XAE settings, activate the associated Activate TC Settings selection boxes.
4. If you have not yet installed any Visual Studio® version, activate the Install TwinCAT XAE Shell selection box in order to install the Visual Studio® Shell as the environment. Click on Next.
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1. Click on Install to start the installation. TwinCAT 3 will be installed in the specified directory C:\TwinCAT\3.1\.
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2. Activate the Always trust software from Beckhoff Automation GmbH selection box and click on Install to install all drivers (alternatively you will be requested several times to confirm).
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3. Click on Finish.
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4. To complete the installation, you have to restart the system. If you wish to automatically restart the system immediately, click on Yes in the following dialog.
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Following the restart TwinCAT is ready for use. The status of the runtime system (XAR) is indicated by a blue (configuration mode) or green (run mode) symbol in the Windows menu bar.
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