To install the Intel® HLS Compiler Standard Edition on Microsoft^* Windows^* Systems:

1. Confirm that your operating system version is supported by the Intel® HLS Compiler (Microsoft* Windows* 8.1 or 10).
2. Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional.

   If you have multiple versions of Visual Studio, Microsoft recommends installing Visual Studio versions in the order in which the versions were released. For example, install Visual Studio 2010 before installing Visual Studio 2015. For details, see Install Visual Studio Versions Side-by-Side in the MSDN Library.

3. Download an installation package from the Quartus Prime download page at the Download Center for FPGAs:

   http://fpgasoftware.intel.com/?edition=standard

   On the download page, you have the following options:

   • Download a complete installation package from the Combined Files tab.
   • Download a Quartus Prime installation package from the Individual Files tab and download the Intel® HLS Compiler installation package from the Additional Software tab. Place both installation packages in the same directory.

   For detailed instructions about installing Intel® Quartus® Prime software, including system requirements, prerequisites, and licensing requirements, refer to Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing

   The Intel® HLS Compiler standalone installation package requires you to have an existing Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition installation as a target for the Intel® HLS Compiler installation.

4. Install the complete Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition installation package as follows:
   • If you are installing the complete Intel® Quartus® Prime installation package (from the Combined Files tab of the Quartus Prime download page at the Download Center for FPGAs):

     No additional steps are needed before running the installation package.

   • If you are installing separately downloaded Intel® Quartus® Prime (from Individual Files tab of the Quartus Prime download page at the Download Center for FPGAs) and Intel® HLS Compiler (from Additional Software tab of the Quartus Prime download page at the Download Center for FPGAs) installation packages:

     Ensure that you have both installation packages in the same directory. The Intel® Quartus® Prime installer detects the Intel® HLS Compiler installation package and installs both software packages for you.

5. If you use the Mentor Graphics* ModelSim* software provided with Intel® Quartus® Prime, add the path to ModelSim* to your PATH environment variable.
   For example:

   set PATH=%PATH%:<quartus_installdir>\modelsim_ase\win32aloem

6. Optional: If you plan to use Platform Designer to integrate your component with a system, add the path to Platform Designer to your PATH environment variable.
   For example:

   set PATH=%PATH%:<quartus_installdir>\qsys\bin