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# Starting the system

This section introduces OpenText Application Quality Management options and resources. It also explains how to start OpenText Application Quality Management.

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## Windows - browsing the program folder

In Windows, after the setup process is complete, the following items are added to your program folder (Start > Programs > ALM Server):

Option (A-Z) | Description
--- | ---
OpenText Application Quality Management Tray Icon | Places the system tray icon in the system tray if it does not appear there.
OpenText Application Quality Management | Opens OpenText Application Quality Management. For details, see Use
Site Administration | Opens the Site Administration application. For details, see Admin .
Uninstall OpenText Application Quality Management | Uninstalls OpenText Application Quality Management. For details, refer to Uninstall.

## Windows - starting and stopping services

In the system tray, right-click the OpenText Application Quality Management icon and select Start OpenText Application Quality Management, or Stop OpenText Application Quality Management

## Starting on a Client Machine

You launch OpenText Application Quality Management on your client machine using either ALM Client Launcher or Microsoft Edge with IE mode enabled.

Before logging in, you must first create a project in Site Administration. For details, refer to the the help.

Note:

- To enable OpenText Application Quality Management to work with OpenText testing tools as well as third-party and custom tools, you must run the ALM Client Registration add-in, which registers client components on the client machine. For details, see Registering on a Client Machine.

- If your users connect to OpenText Application Quality Management over a virtual environment, such as Citrix or VMware, you can deploy client components on a shared location that all users can access. To enable a shared deployment, run the Shared Deployment for Virtual Environments add-in. For details on installing add-ins, refer to the the help.

To start using ALM Client Launcher:

1. Enter your OpenText Application Quality Management URL in your browser.
   `http://<OpenText Application Quality Management server name/IP address>[<:port number>]/qcbin`. Contact your system administrator if you do not have the correct URL.

2. For Single-Sign-On users:

   1. If the user discovery page is displayed, add your user name or email address as specified in ALM. Click Submit.
   2. In the IDP page, add your IDP credentials. Click the log in button.

3. In the OpenText Application Quality Management Options window, click OpenText Application Quality Management Desktop Client link.

4. If you already have ALM Client Launcher installed, click Open ALM Client Launcher in the confirmation dialog box.

5. If you did not install ALM Client Launcher, from the Download ALM Client Launcher page, select where to download ALM Client Launcher, from Marketplace or ALM Server, and click Download. Save the download file and run it.

   For details about how to use ALM Client Launcher, see the online help.

6. In the login page, provide the following information:

   User name | Enter your username. Not available for Single-Sign-On users.
   Password | Enter the password assigned to you by your site administrator. Available in 16.0.1 and later: You can click and hold the eye icon () next to your password to show it in plain text. Not available for Single-Sign-On users.
   Forgot Password | If you cannot remember your password, click link to reset your password. Not available for Single-Sign-On users.
   Automatically log in to my last domain and project on this machine | Select check box if you want OpenText Application Quality Management to automatically log in to the last project in which you were working. Not available for Single-Sign-On users.
   Authenticate | Click to verify your user name and password. OpenText Application Quality Management determines which domains and projects you can access. If you specified automatic login, OpenText Application Quality Management opens. If authentication fails, check that your user name and password are correct and try again. Note: If authentication fails multiple times, you can be locked out of ALM. The number of authentication attempts you are allowed is determined by your site administrator. Not available for Single-Sign-On users.
   Domain | Select a domain. By default, the last domain in which you were working is displayed.
   Project | Select a project. By default, the last project in which you were working is displayed.
   Login | OpenText Application Quality Management opens and displays the module in which you last worked during your previous session. The first time you run OpenText Application Quality Management, the Welcome page opens. When a user session is inactive for a period of time, the session expires. This releases the license in use, making it available for other users. When a session expires, you are prompted to reconnect. You can edit reconnect options by modifying the FAST_RECONNECT_MODE parameter in the Site Configuration tab. This parameter is not valid for external authentication, since the user must always be certified when reconnecting.

For details about accessing using Microsoft Edge IE mode, see the online help.

## Registering on a Client Machine

To enable you to work with other OpenText testing tools as well as third-party and custom tools, OpenText Application Quality Management must be registered on the client machine. To register it, run ALM Client Registration from the Tools page.

Note: If you are running previous versions on your machine, before registering 25.1, make sure that all instances and any integration tools are closed.

Tools that Require Registering ALM Client Components

The following tools require that client components be registered on the client machine:

Add-ins | OpenText Functional Testing Add-in OpenText OpenText Functional Testing (OpenText Functional Testing) comprises the product formerly known as QuickTest Professional and the product known as Service Test. Functionality provided by QuickTest is now known as GUI testing in OpenText Functional Testing. Functionality provided by Service Test is also known as API testing in OpenText Functional Testing. Note: Windows 7: Requires that Data Execution Prevention (DEP) be disabled. OpenText Screen Recorder Add-in Service Test Add-in ALM Synchronizer
Other | OpenText Functional Testing tests OpenText OpenText Functional Testing (OpenText Functional Testing) comprises the product formerly known as QuickTest Professional and the product known as Service Test. Functionality provided by QuickTest is now known as GUI testing in OpenText Functional Testing. Functionality provided by Service Test is also known as API testing in OpenText Functional Testing. Note: Required to run tests. Windows 7: Requires that Data Execution Prevention (DEP) be disabled.

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