How to create a FLEXLM_TIMEOUT environment variable

Autodesk Support

Oct 8, 2023


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Issue:

You want to create a FLEXLM_TIMEOUT variable to increase the maximum time for finding a license file for an Autodesk product.  

Solution:

  1. Go to the Windows Control Panel and search for "environment variables."
  2. Click Edit the system environment variables.
  3. In the System Properties dialog, select the Advanced tab.
  4. Click Environment Variables.
  5. Under System Variables, click New.
  6. For Variable name, enter FLEXLM_TIMEOUT.
  7. For Variable value, enter 3000000.
  8. Click OK.
The value 3000000 is in microseconds (it equals 3 seconds). You can increase the value if the server still times out. However, if you increase the value to 10000000 and still have a problem, the cause is probably not a timeout error.

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Products:

All Desktop Products;


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