You can launch IBM® MQ Explorer from the system menu
on Linux®, or the start menu on Windows. Alternatively, you can use the
MQExplorer command.
Before you begin
![[MQ 9.3.0 Jun 2022]](ng930cd.gif)
From IBM MQ 9.3.0, IBM MQ Explorer has been removed from the IBM MQ installation package. It remains available as a separate
download, and can be installed from the stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer download available from Fix Central.
Procedure
- To launch IBM MQ Explorer by using the system menu
on Linux, or the start menu on Windows, left-click the installation that you want to launch.
![[Linux]](nglinux.gif)
On
Linux, the system menu entry
for
IBM MQ Explorer is added to the
Development category; where it appears within the system menu is dependent on
your
Linux distribution (SUSE or
Red Hat®), and your desktop environment (GNOME or KDE).
- On SUSE, left-click Computer > More Applications..., and find the
installation of IBM MQ Explorer that you want to launch under
the Development category.
- On Red Hat, the installation of IBM MQ Explorer that you want to launch can be found under
Applications > Programming.
On Windows, open the start menu,
and select the IBM MQ Explorer installation entry under the
IBM MQ group that corresponds to the installation that you want to launch.
Each instance of IBM MQ Explorer listed is identified by the
name that you chose for its installation.
- To launch IBM MQ Explorer from the command line,
enter the MQExplorer command.
The
MQExplorer command is in MQ_EXPLORER_INSTALLATION_PATH, where MQ_EXPLORER_INSTALLATION_PATH is the installation path for the
stand-alone IBM MQ Explorer.
MQExplorer.exe (the launch
MQExplorer command) supports
standard Eclipse runtime options including the following options:
- -clean
- Clean the caches used by the eclipse runtime to store bundle dependency resolution and eclipse
extension registry data. Using this option forces eclipse to reinitialize these caches.
- -initialize
- Initializes the configuration being run. All runtime-related data structures and caches are
refreshed. Any user/plugin defined configuration data is not purged. No application is run, any
product specifications are ignored and no UI is presented (for example, the splash screen is not
drawn).
For more information about the MQExplorer command, see
MQExplorer (launch IBM MQ Explorer).
What to do next
For more information about multiple installations of IBM MQ, see Multiple installations of IBM MQ Explorer.