Creating Desktop Shortcuts Manually

Sometimes it is necessary to create the COMSOL shortcuts manually, for example, when COMSOL is installed on a shared network drive.

1	Locate the COMSOL executable. Its default location is

C:\Program Files\COMSOL\COMSOL52a\Multiphysics\bin\win64\comsol.exe

2	Right-click comsol.exe and select Create shortcut, which creates a shortcut with a default name comsol.exe - Shortcut. If this shortcut is not created on the Desktop, then move it there by drag-and-drop.

Creating a Desktop Shortcut Manually for the Cross-Platform User Interface

The cross-platform user interface for COMSOL that is available on Mac and Linux has a slightly different look-and-feel than the user interface for Windows. You can get access to the cross-platform user interface from

C:\Program Files\COMSOL\COMSOL52a\Multiphysics\bin\win64\comsolxpl.exe

assuming that the default installation location has not changed by you during installation.

To create a shortcut to the cross-platform user interface, right-click comsolxpl.exe and select Create shortcut, which creates a shortcut with a default name comsolxpl.exe - Shortcut. If this shortcut is not created on the Desktop, then move it there by drag-and-drop.

Creating Desktop Shortcuts Manually for a Classkit License

If you manually create a desktop shortcut for a Classkit License, then, in addition to the steps above, the shortcut’s Target needs to be modified with additional options. Right-click the COMSOL shortcut icon and select Properties. Change the text string in the Target field to

"C:\Program Files\COMSOL\COMSOL52a\Multiphysics\bin\win64\comsol.exe" -Dcs.ckl
"C:\Program Files\COMSOL\COMSOL52a\Multiphysics\bin\win64\
comsolclasskit.ini"

(The complete text string must be written on a single row.)

Here, C:\Program Files\COMSOL\COMSOL52a\Multiphysics represents the default COMSOL installation directory and this can be changed in the Target field text string if your installation is placed in a different folder.