# Cannot locate SwarmAgent in 5.6 or systray **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started & Setup\ **Tags:** unreal-engine, question\ **Created:** [July 21, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-locate-swarmagent-in-5-6-or-systray/2612993 "2025-07-21T13:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JanetStandeford](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@JanetStandeford](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JanetStandeford)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-locate-swarmagent-in-5-6-or-systray/2612993/1 "2025-07-21T13:21:33Z")
AI wants me to uninstall and reinstall because SwarmAgent Icon is not avail in systray by clock. Was it moved and or renamed in The upgrades? ---
**Author:** ![BRGEzedeRocco](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/brgezederocco/32/1216890_2.png) [@BRGEzedeRocco](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BRGEzedeRocco)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-locate-swarmagent-in-5-6-or-systray/2612993/2 "2025-07-21T14:08:36Z")
HI @JanetStandeford , If you are using 5.6 version then it’s a known bug and should be fixed in the next update You can try doing this: 1. First of all, go to the Epic Games Launcher and click on “Verify” 2. Then go to the folder where you have a working version of **Unreal Engine** installed (e.g., **UE 5.4** or **UE 5.5** , depending on the one you have), Inside that folder, navigate to: `Engine > Binaries > DotNET` (There you should find files related to **SwarmAgent**.) 3. Copy the entire **DotNET** folder and go to the installation folder of **Unreal Engine 5.6** (or the version where you’re experiencing issues) 4.Inside its structure, navigate to: `UE_5.6>Engine > Binaries` ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/e/4/0/e40c390d35f5294d7f528bc4ba692ffc6f6017a2.png) 1. Right-click inside the **Binaries** folder and select **Paste** , when the message **“Replace the files in the destination”** pops up, ignore it and click **“Skip these files”** ( **Do not replace** the existing files). 2. Open your project in **Unreal Engine**. At the top menu, click on **Build** and then select **“Build All Levels”**. 7.You should now see the expected message ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/5/6/b56ad01345cf496c3d389ff61a00d75ebcc6dd09.jpeg) You can also read that post , they were talking about that. > [@UE 5.6 has no swarm manager](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue-5-6-has-no-swarm-manager/2539483): > > In Unreal Engine 5.6 Preview was an issue with baking static lights because Swarm Manager wasn’t included in Binaries/DotNET. I thought it was a preview issue and expected release version to have swarm manager or remove static ligts support in favor for Lumen RTGI. But I am still able to select None for Global Illumination and still cannot bake lights: Failed to initialize Swarm. Check to make sure you have the right version of Swarm installed. Can anyone from Unreal team clarify what’s going… Hope it helps! ---
**Author:** ![JanetStandeford](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@JanetStandeford](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JanetStandeford)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-locate-swarmagent-in-5-6-or-systray/2612993/3 "2025-07-21T15:21:31Z")
Is there a web address I can download that file from? This is my first version as I just discovered you through Gemini ai Pro. ---
**Author:** ![BRGEzedeRocco](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/brgezederocco/32/1216890_2.png) [@BRGEzedeRocco](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BRGEzedeRocco)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-locate-swarmagent-in-5-6-or-systray/2612993/4 "2025-07-21T17:30:08Z")
No,as far as I know, there’s no official web address to download SwarmAgent directly. Since this is a known bug in Unreal Engine 5.6, the only workaround for now is to install an older version of Unreal, like 5.5, and then copy the DotNET folder into your 5.6 installation. ---
**Author:** ![JanetStandeford](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@JanetStandeford](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JanetStandeford)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-locate-swarmagent-in-5-6-or-systray/2612993/5 "2025-07-21T17:53:28Z")
Instead of the whole folder wouldn’t just that file work? I would be concerned I would lose any other updates in the rest of the folder if I replace it entirely. ---
**Author:** ![JanetStandeford](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@JanetStandeford](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JanetStandeford)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-locate-swarmagent-in-5-6-or-systray/2612993/6 "2025-07-21T22:11:25Z")
lol yeah Ai is horrified by that approach! It recommends keeping both installs and doing all my simpler tasks in the 5.6 and transferring into the 5.4 to finish off