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Install & activate

Install the MSI, activate your license, and verify the install.

Daxlate ships as a Windows MSI built with WiX Toolset 5. It bundles a self-contained .NET 10 runtime, so there’s nothing to install on the host machine beyond the MSI itself.

Download and install #

  1. Download Daxlate.msi from /download.

  2. Double-click to launch the installer, or run silently:

    msiexec /i Daxlate.msi /qn /l*v install.log

  3. Launch Daxlate from the Start menu.

SmartScreen warning

Early-access builds are not yet EV code-signed. On first install Windows SmartScreen may show Unknown publisher. Click More info → Run anyway to proceed. A signed build is on the way.

Intune / SCCM deployment #

The MSI is a stock per-user-or-per-machine installer and supports the standard properties surface for silent deployment. <MajorUpgrade> is wired so shipping a newer MSI cleanly replaces the prior version, the same mechanism Intune and SCCM use to push updates.

Activate #

On first launch, the activation dialog asks for your license key. Paste it in. The app contacts the license server once to fetch your signed license blob, then caches it locally at:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Daxlate\license.json

After that, license verification is offline. The embedded Ed25519 public key validates the cached blob at every launch with no further network call. When the billing period renews, a fresh blob is emailed to you and the app picks it up at next launch.

Air-gapped environments

For machines without internet access, follow the air-gapped installation guide to drop the license file in directly and skip the activation network call.

Verify #

Open Help → About Daxlate. You should see:

  • The Daxlate logo and version (e.g. Version 1.0.0)
  • The Subscription section with your plan and renewal date
  • A Check for updates button (manual probe of the update manifest)

If the version shown matches the download page and your subscription is active, you’re good to go.