Installation

The installation procedure is pretty standard and should not pose any problems. Below are the screenshots illustrating the most important installation steps in detail.

1. Run hexrays_setup_....exe. The following initial screen should appear:

   

2. Click next, read the license and accept it:

   

3. Click next and enter the installation password. You can find it in the email message about your order. We recommend to copy and paste it.

   

4. Click next and specify the directory to install the plugin. The directory to install in the "plugins" subdirectory of your IDA installation. The setup tries to guess it but it can fail. In this case, click Browse and specify the IDA directory. The setup will append the "plugins" subdirectory to the selected path. If the specified directory is not an IDA directory, the setup will display an error message.

   

5. Click next a few more times to install the plugin. At the end the following dialog will be displayed:

   

6. Restart IDA and load any 32bit x86 file. The decompiler will display the following splash screen:

   

7. Congratulations, the decompiler is ready for use! Please take a few moments to verify the automatic update setup. For that, click on the "Check for updates..." button and make sure that your email address is correct:

   

If you want, you can turn off the automatic updates but then you will have to manually request them for each new version.