The installer allows for command-line options so that scripted installs can be created.
The command-line options are covered in the table below.
NB: Where folder paths contain spaces then surround the path with quotes. EG: “\\server\path”.
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Command-line Option |
Default Values |
Notes |
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/SILENT |
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Installs program with the minimum of prompts and messages. |
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/VERYSILENT |
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Installs program with no prompts or messages. |
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/ALLUSERS |
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Installs in Program Files (requires Admin user authorization or the /RUNASUSER option to be set). |
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/CURRENTUSER |
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Installs for the current user only. |
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/RUNASUSER={username | domain\username | username@domain) |
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This requires the RUNASPASSWORD option to be set. |
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/RUNASDOMAIN={domain) |
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Required if the domain is not specified as part of the username. |
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/RUNASPASSWORD={required} |
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Required for the /RUNASUSER option. |
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/LicenseFile= |
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This MUST be specified when using a command-line install. |
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Macro |
Description |
Example data |
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@AppDataCommonDir |
Path to Shared Application Data |
C:\ProgramData |
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@AppDataDir |
Path to current user's Roaming Application Data |
C:\Users\steve\AppData\Roaming |
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@CommonFilesDir |
Path to Common Files folder |
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files |
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@ComputerName |
Workstation ID |
STEVE-LAPTOP |
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@ComSpec |
Value of %COMSPEC%, the SPECified secondary COMmand interpreter; |
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
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@DesktopCommonDir |
Path to Shared Desktop |
C:\Users\Public\Desktop |
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@DesktopDir |
Path to current user's Desktop |
C:\Users\steve\Desktop |
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@DocumentsCommonDir |
Path to Shared Documents |
C:\Users\Public\Documents |
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@FavoritesCommonDir |
Path to Shared Favourites |
C:\Users\steve\Favorites |
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@FavoritesDir |
Path to current user's Favourites |
C:\Users\steve\Favorites |
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@HomeDrive |
Drive letter of drive containing current user's home directory. |
C: |
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@HomePath |
Directory part of current user's home directory. To get the full path, use in conjunction with @HomeDrive. |
\Users\steve |
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@HomeShare |
Server and share name containing current user's home directory. |
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@HOUR |
Current Hour (24 hour format) |
13 |
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@LocalAppDataDir |
Path to current user's Local Application Data |
C:\Users\steve\AppData\Local |
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@LogonDNSDomain |
Logon DNS Domain. |
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@LogonDomain |
Logon Domain. |
STEVE-LAPTOP |
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@LogonServer |
Logon server. |
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@MDAY |
Day of month (2 digits) |
01 |
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@MIN |
Current minute (2 digits) |
58 |
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@MON |
Current Month (2 digits) |
05 |
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@MSEC |
Current millisecond |
124 |
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@MyDocumentsDir |
Path to My Documents target |
C:\Users\steve\Documents |
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@ProgramFilesDir |
Path to Program Files folder |
C:\Program Files (x86) |
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@ProgramsCommonDir |
Path to Shared Start Menu's Programs folder |
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs |
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@ProgramsDir |
Path to current user's Programs (folder on Start Menu) |
C:\Users\steve\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs |
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@SEC |
Current second (2 digits) |
09 |
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@StartMenuCommonDir |
Path to Shared Start Menu folder |
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu |
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@StartMenuDir |
Path to current user's Start Menu |
C:\Users\steve\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu |
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@StartupCommonDir |
Path to Shared Startup folder |
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup |
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@StartupDir |
current user's Startup folder |
C:\Users\steve\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup |
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@SystemDir |
Path to the Windows' System (or System32) folder. |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64 |
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@TempDir |
Path to the temporary files folder. |
C:\Users\steve\AppData\Local\Temp |
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@UserName |
Current logged-on user-name |
Steve.johnson |
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@UserProfileDir |
Path to current user's Profile folder. |
C:\Users\steve |
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@WDAY |
Current day of week. 1-7, with Sunday being day 1 |
1 |
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@WindowsDir |
Path to Windows folder |
C:\Windows |
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@WorkingDir |
Current/active working directory. Only includes a trailing backslash when the script is located in the root of a drive. |
C:\temp |
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@YDAY |
Day of year |
365 |
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@YEAR |
4 digit year |
2020 |