Installation > Installing Integrity Modeler > Standalone Installation > Preparing to Upgrade a Standalone Installation
Preparing to Upgrade a Standalone Installation
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Only Windows Administrators who are also Modeler Administrators can perform Modeler upgrades.
For information about upgrading a previous version of Modeler, see Upgrading Modeler.
If you have installed Modeler to the default location, the Release Notes file resides in the following location:
For 64-bit versions of Windows:
C:\Program Files (x86)\PTC Integrity Modeler\Modeler\System\PrintableDocs
For 32-bit versions of Windows:
C:\Program Files\PTC Integrity Modeler\Modeler\System\PrintableDocs
Important:
Before you upgrade a Standalone installation, ensure that you have obtained the appropriate replacement licenses from PTC. After upgrading Modeler, you must start License Manager and replace the license file.
Before you upgrade a Standalone installation, ensure that you backup your repositories and read the Modeler Release Notes.
Each database will be upgraded when a user (with Database Administrator or Database Owner access permissions) attempts to open one of its models.
If you choose to install Web Interface, a dialog will be displayed that allows you to set the password for the PTC-IM-WSU account. If you have previously changed the default password for this account (which is recommended), ensure you re-enter your chosen password.