What to do if the WebSphere MQ Explorer plug-in is not installed into the WebSphere MQ Explorer

If the WebSphere® MQ Explorer plug-in is not displayed in your WebSphere MQ Explorer automatically after installation, you can complete the steps here to enable the plug-in in WebSphere MQ Explorer.

About this task

When the WebSphere MQ Explorer plug-in is not displayed in your WebSphere MQ Explorer automatically after installation, this can be because of one of the following causes:
  • WebSphere MQ Explorer was installed after the WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Remote Tools and Documentation installation. If so, the following message might be displayed by the installer:
    WebSphere MQ Explorer could not be located on this system.
  • The user that installed WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Remote Tools and Documentation does not have permission to write to the WebSphere MQ Explorer eclipse directory. If so, the following message might be displayed by the installer:
    Installer is unable to write to mq_install_directory/eclipseSDK33/eclipse/links/com.ibm.wmqfte.link
To enable the plug-in in WebSphere MQ Explorer, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Install WebSphere MQ Explorer, if it is not already installed.
  2. For WebSphere MQ V7.0, copy the link file install_directory/com.ibm.wmqfte.link to the WebSphere MQ Explorer link directory mq_install_directory/eclipseSDK33/eclipse/links. For WebSphere MQ V7.1, copy the link file install_directory/tools/com.ibm.wmqfte.link to the WebSphere MQ Explorer link directory mq_install_directory/MQExplorer/eclipse/links

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Timestamp icon Last updated: Tuesday, 30 January 2018
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