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To set up Mathematica on your Windows machine, you first need to download Mathematica. Installers are available in your Wolfram Account. If you cannot find your installers there, please check your Wolfram User Portal on the My Products and Services tab. If you have access to Wolfram products through your organization via single sign-on (SSO), product installers, including documentation, can be found on your organization’s site info page.

We recommend using the Wolfram Download Manager (“Standard Download”) for both the Mathematica installer and the documentation installer. Alternative download managers and installers are available in the User Portal or in your Wolfram Account. Without download managers, installations need to be started manually.

Downloading the Mathematica + Documentation Installers from Your Wolfram Account

1. Quit any previous installations of Mathematica that are running on your machine.
2. On the Products & Services tab in your Wolfram Account, select Wolfram Mathematica.
   
   If you don’t see your products, go to your Wolfram User Portal.

   

3. Under Access ► Desktop, click Download. This downloads the Wolfram Download Manager that combines the Mathematica core product and documentation installers.
4. Start the Wolfram Download Manager executable and follow its instructions.

Next, install the documentation.

Downloading the Mathematica + Documentation Installers from Your Wolfram User Portal

1. Quit any previous installations of Wolfram products that are running on your machine.
2. On the product page in your User Portal, click the Windows link in the “Mathematica + Documentation” row and “Standard Download” column. This downloads the Wolfram Download Manager for Windows that combines the Mathematica core product and documentation installers.

   

3. Start the Wolfram Download Manager executable and follow its instructions.

Next, install the documentation.

Installing the Documentation

The download manager confirms when the process is complete.

1. Click Launch to install Mathematica documentation.

   

2. Wait for the installation to complete.

Installing Mathematica

The Mathematica setup dialog opens next.

1. Click Next to begin the installation process.

   

2. Click Next to install Mathematica to the default directory.

   

3. Click Next to include wolframscript with your installation.

   If you prefer not to install wolframscript, select “Choose components to install” from the drop-down menu and uncheck the box next to wolframscript; click Next to continue.

   

4. The installer adds Mathematica shortcuts to the Windows Start Menu in the Wolfram Mathematica folder.

   To make the shortcuts appear in a different folder, click Browse and select a directory. If you prefer not to make a shortcut in the Start Menu, check the box next to “Don’t create a Start Menu folder”.

   Click Next to continue the installation.

   

5. The Remove Other Applications window only appears if there are older versions installed on the computer. Select any old versions of Mathematica that you want to uninstall, then click Next.

   

6. The configuration of the Mathematica installation is finished. Click Install.

   
   Wait for the installation process to complete.

   

7. To launch Mathematica, click Finish.

The installation is now complete.
Next, activate Mathematica.