Startup

When you install Enterprise Architect on your system, two items are created:

An Enterprise Architect icon on your Windows desktop
A new program folder called Enterprise Architect <version number> in your Windows 'Start > All Programs' menu; this folder contains the execution option 'Enterprise Architect'

You can start Enterprise Architect by clicking on either of these objects. After a short pause, the Start Page displays, from which you can:

Open a project file (.eap file, .eapx file, .qea file, .qeax file or .feap file)
Create a new project (.eap file, .eapx file, .qea file, .qeax file or .feap file)
Connect to a DBMS repository (Corporate and extended editions)
Connect to a project via the Cloud (Corporate and extended editions)
Return directly to one of the projects you most recently opened
Open one of a number of Portals to a set of facilities that support an area of work in Enterprise Architect

Notes

If you changed the default system folder name during installation, the Enterprise Architect <version number> folder in the 'All Programs' menu will have the name you provided
By default, when you install Enterprise Architect, an empty 'starter' project called EABase.qea is installed, as well as an example project named EAExample.qea; we recommend that new users select the EAExample file and explore it in some detail while they become familiar with UML and software engineering using Enterprise Architect