To start Micro Focus License Administration

To start the GUI Micro Focus License Administration

Windows 10
From your Windows desktop, click Start > Micro Focus License Manager > License Administration.
Windows 11
Click the Start button in the Task Bar. Use the search field in the Start menu to find and start License Administration.

To start the command-line Micro Focus License Administration tool

  1. At a command prompt, navigate to:
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Micro Focus\Licensing
  2. Type cesadmintool.bat, and press Enter.

Configuring licensing for older products

If you use release 10.0 and previous releases on the same machine on UNIX, you need to the set the environment variable MFCES_INIT_LOCATION to /opt/microfocus/licensing/bin/ces.ini in order for licensing to work for the older products. Also, see Advanced Installation Tasks > Licensing Coexistence when Upgrading to Release 10.0 in the Installation section.