Starting and stopping the license manager

The license manager is run as a service (ESRI License Manager). It should start automatically when you reboot your computer.

To manually stop/start your license manager using the License Manager Tools utility:

  1. Go to Start > Programs > ArcGIS > License Manager > License Manager Tools

  2. Choose the Service/License File tab.

  3. Select 'Configuration using Services'.  Click on the 'ESRI License Manager' service to select it.

  4. Click on the Start/Stop/Reread tab and press Start Server.

  5. To stop the service, press Stop Server.

To manually stop/start your license manager using services:

Windows NT:

  1. Go to Control Panel > Services

  2. Click on ESRI License Manager.

  3. Click Stop or Start.

Windows 2000:

  1. Go to Control Panel > Administrator Tools > Services

  2. Click on ESRI License Manager.

  3. Click Stop or Start.