# The install-license.exe file is missing for python connector

**URL:** <https://community.cdata.com/t/the-install-license-exe-file-is-missing-for-python-connector/53>\
**Category:** CData Drivers\
**Tags:** question, python\
**Created:** [March 20, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.cdata.com/t/the-install-license-exe-file-is-missing-for-python-connector/53 "2023-03-20T19:13:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Garrus\_Birdman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@Garrus\_Birdman](https://community.cdata.com/u/Garrus_Birdman)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.cdata.com/t/the-install-license-exe-file-is-missing-for-python-connector/53/1 "2023-03-20T19:13:24Z")

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I’m trying to install the Salesforce python connector. However, I can’t find the install-license.exe file to do so. The instructions in “[CData Python Connector for Salesforce - Package Installation](https://cdn.cdata.com/help/RFH/py/pg_pyinstallation.htm)”&nbsp;mention it being in a “cdata/installlic\_salesforce”&nbsp;folder, but the “cdata”&nbsp;folder is not anywhere in the zip file I downloaded.

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I would love to see if this connector will be useful for my purposes. But, I can’t get very far with that if I can’t even activate the license.

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**Author:** ![Garrett\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@Garrett\_Bird](https://community.cdata.com/u/Garrett_Bird)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cdata.com/t/the-install-license-exe-file-is-missing-for-python-connector/53/2 "2023-03-20T19:17:07Z")

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There seems to be a misunderstanding here. If you look at the help documentation more closely, you will find that the “cdata/installlic\_salesforce” exists within the site-packages of your python distribution. It is there that you will find the install-license tool.

If you are unsure of where your distribution’s site-packages are located, then you can find that out by running Python and executing the following two lines:

import site  
print(site.getsitepackages())

This will print out the folder path where the site-packages are stored. After appending “/cdata/installlic\_salesforce” to that path and navigating there, you should be able to find the license activator.