Windows Quickstart Guide

Step 1: Download

Download AMS2025 for Windows and save it to your Downloads folder.

Using Microsoft Edge? If you get a warning that the AMS installer is not commonly downloaded, select the “Keep” option, and “Keep anyway”.

Step 2: Run the installer

To install AMS on Windows, you need Administrator privileges.

  1. After the download is complete, open your Downloads folder in Windows Explorer and double-click on the ams2025.102.pc64_windows.msmpi.exe file. Newer versions of AMS will have a different number in the file name.

    Windows Smartscreen Defender may warn about an unrecognized app. You will need to press “Run anyway” in order to proceed with installation.

  2. Follow the on-screen instructions to install AMS2025 to your computer. The InstallShield Wizard asks

    • where to install the program (C:\AMS2025.102 by default),

    • where to save your AMS files (C:\ADF_DATA by default), and

    • where to store temporary data (C:\SCMTMP by default).

    Recommendation: Keep the default values. The paths can be changed, but should NOT contain any spaces!

  3. During installation a text console window will open to extract a few more files.

    Do not close this window! If you do, the installation has to be started all over again.

Windows Firewall may ask you to grant network access to some executables. This permission is optional.

For third-party firewall applications you will need to grant access from scmd.exe to the localhost.

Step 3: Launch AMSjobs

Once the installation is complete, double-click the “AMSjobs” shortcut on the desktop to start AMS2025.

Step 4: Provide license information

A window may pop up asking for your license details. Enter your e-mail, SCM user id, and password. This will typically automatically provide you with a valid license file license.txt.

Problems? See how to resolve any license issue.

Did you receive a license.txt file from SCM by e-mail or download? Put this file in the AMS installation directory from step 2, for example C:\AMS2025.102

Step 5: Tutorials

From AMSjobs, you can launch other AMS modules, like AMSinput (SCM → New Input) to set up new AMS calculations.

See the Getting Started tutorials to run your first AMS calculations.

Next steps

Tutorials

Step-by-step guides from beginner to advanced.

Package Manager

Additional downloads for ML Potentials, COSMO-RS compound database, …

Complete installation guide

More detailed installation information.

Scripting

Python and bash environments to automate your calculations.

License troubleshooting

More information about how to solve license issues.

Support

Get support through the SCM helpdesk.