# Installing Fmod studio on windows-64

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/installing-fmod-studio-on-windows-64/22182>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [October 11, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/installing-fmod-studio-on-windows-64/22182 "2024-10-11T16:19:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abdulsoft13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Abdulsoft13](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Abdulsoft13)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/installing-fmod-studio-on-windows-64/22182/1 "2024-10-11T16:19:19Z")

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the top box in the installation process is grayed out, and i can’t activate it, making the installation incomplete

 ![Screenshot (4)](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/3/3f96a98fe87bba7f17012528c299071f6adf5b5f.png)

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**Author:** ![Andrew](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/andrew/32/261_2.png) [@Andrew](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Andrew)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/installing-fmod-studio-on-windows-64/22182/2 "2024-10-13T23:04:50Z")

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It’s ok, your installation will be complete if you hit Next and allow it to install. The FMOD Studio component is greyed out to prevent you from un-selecting it. We don’t allow you to un-select it because it is a required component.