Recommendations for long-term archival of development environments to prevent "toolchain rot."
If you are a student or hobbyist trying to get a Spartan-6 (e.g., Nexys 3, Atlys) or older CPLD working on a Windows 10/11 laptop: xilinx-ise-14.7-win10-14.7-vm-0213-1.zip
Once the installation finishes, a shortcut named will appear on your desktop. xilinx-ise-14.7-win10-14.7-vm-0213-1.zip