# Install Button 5.6 does nothing **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback & Requests\ **Tags:** unreal-engine\ **Created:** [August 26, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/install-button-5-6-does-nothing/2651168 "2025-08-26T17:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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:** [August 26, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/install-button-5-6-does-nothing/2651168/2 "2025-08-26T18:33:05Z")
HI @TOYSTORYLAB , First, try running the Epic Games Launcher as administrator. It’s a bit odd that you still see version 5.6.0, since on my end it already shows 5.6.1, which replaced the previous build with the hotfix ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/8/8/c/88c2f0bad05dfd9c9873dc428538bc52274eca44.png) > [@5.6.1 Hotfix Released](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/5-6-1-hotfix-released/2639316): > > Hotfix 5.6.1 is here - check out this latest version with over 270 new fixes and updates! Please feel free to share feedback and discuss the current version in the release topic, [Unreal Engine 5.6 Released](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-5-6-released/2538952). If you experience a bug with the 5.6.1 Hotfix, please follow the [How to Report a Bug](https://www.unrealengine.com/support/report-a-bug) guide to report it on the [Bug Submission Form](https://epicsupport.force.com/unrealengine). Future notes to consider: Beginning with UE 5.7, Linux will transition from SDL2 to SDL3. Users with customizations to SDL2 code who are interested in swit… There’s also a thread that talks about this topic. > [@Unreal 5 and Past Versions](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-5-and-past-versions/647136): > > I work for a University and Unreal 5 has a fairly major problem, from what I can tell. You can’t download past versions. Imagine your studio/uni has a specific version installed. You are working for months/years and Epic updates to 5.0.4, or 5.1. Your project is on 5.0.3, but you don’t update (common in pipes and studios). Well, if one of your workers/students has a hardware failure and needs a new PC, they are in serious trouble. They can’t get the previous version from Epic. There are, BAD,… I also found a post where people shared several possible solutions to the install button issue ,maybe one of them will help: > [@Install UE button greyed out](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/install-ue-button-greyed-out/488157): > > Hey, so as the title says, I recently moved to a new computer that I used the engine on without any issues, but now can’t install Unreal Engine at all. The Epic launcher has all installation options greyed out, tried reinstalling, repairing, even doing a fresh windows install since this was the only thing installed on it so far, but nothing works. Some suggested to just wait, but I left it open for a good couple of hours and nothing changed. Hope it helps! --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/install-button-5-6-does-nothing/2651168)._