Changing installation parameters
Advanced users or system administrators may wish to change the default installation settings used during setup. The following table lists the parameters supported by the MSI installers and/or EmsisoftAntiMalwareWebSetup.exe, available on our Download and Installation guide.
Note: Parameters with a leading “/” control the installation process. Parameters without a leading “/” control the properties of the software product installation. Parameters are not case sensitive.
| Parameter | Description |
| General settings | |
| InstallFolder | Defines the program installation folder E.g. InstallFolder=c:\eam |
| EnableBetaUpdates | Switches Emsisoft Anti-Malware to the beta update feed after installation E.g. EnableBetaUpdates=1 |
| NoWarn | Suppresses installation warnings E.g. NoWarn=1 |
| LicKey=<key> | Suppresses all license related dialogs and applies the supplied key E.g. LicKey=AAA-BBB-CCC-123 |
| /InstallToken=<token> (Deprecated) | Connect the software with a Management Console workspace via authentication token. See workspace policies for tokens. |
| Enterprise Console connection settings | |
| CommService | Installs the Emsisoft Communication service E.g. CommService=1 |
| CommHost | Required Host name/IP for the communication service E.g. CommHost=192.168.0.1 |
| CommPort | Required Port for the communication service E.g. CommPort=3128 |
| AuthInfo | Required filename (with optional path) with authentication parameters for the communication service E.g. AuthInfo=auth.ini |
| UI Customization settings | |
| disable-expiration-notifications | Suppresses license expiration notifications E.g. disable-expiration-notifications=1 |
| hide-license-key | Hides the license key from the license screen E.g. hide-license-key=1 |
| disable-purchase-buttons | Hides purchase license buttons E.g. disable-purchase-buttons=1 |
| purchase-alt-message | Defines an alternative license purchase text E.g. purchase-alt-message=text |
| purchase-alt-url | Defines an alternative licence purchase link E.g. purchase-alt-url=http://www.anywebsite.com |
| hide-news | Hides the news section E.g. hide-news=1 |
| news-alt-message | Defines an alternative news section text E.g. news-alt-message=text |
| news-alt-url | Defines an alternative news link E.g. news-alt-url=http://www.newswebsite.com |
| Installer settings | |
| /Quiet /Qn | Enables MSI installer quiet mode. No error messages or installation progress will be shown. To be able to view errors, you could enable the file logging parameter (/L) Note: This parameter does not suppress errors and warnings for EmsisoftAntiMalwareWebSetup.exe. E.g. /quiet |
| NoDesktop | When installing via the system account and using the MSI installer, use “NoDesktop=1 /Quiet” to suppress all installation notifications, such as for a company-wide scripted install process. For the standard exe installer, use the syntax “NoDesktop /VerySilent” instead. |
| /Passive | Suppresses errors and warnings for the MSI installer. Ignored by bootstrapper E.g. /passive |
| /L | Enables recording of the installation process. The following options are supported and may be supplied directly after the parameter, without delimiters. E.g. /liwe c:\logs\file.log |
| i – include status messages | |
| w – include non-fatal warnings | |
| e – include all error messages | |
| a – mention when an action is started | |
| r – include action-specific records | |
| u – include user requests | |
| c – include the initial UI parameters | |
| m – include out-of-memory or fatal exit information | |
| o – include out-of-disk-space messages | |
| p – include terminal properties | |
| v – verbose output | |
| x – include extra debugging information | |
| + – append to an existing log file | |
| ! – flush each line to the log | |
| * – log all information, except for v and x options | |
| Additional parameters in web installer | |
| /ProxyServer | The Web installer will use the specified proxy server host for downloading the MSI installer. E.g. /ProxyServer=192.168.0.1 |
| /ProxyPort | Sets the proxy server port E.g. /ProxyPort=3128 |
| /ProxyUsername | Sets the proxy server user name E.g. /ProxyUsername=JohnDoe |
| /ProxyPassword | Sets the proxy server password E.g. /ProxyPassword=MyPassword |
| /Dir | Defines the program installation folder. Supported for compatibility with the older EmsisoftAntiMalwareSetup.exe E.g. /Dir=c:\eam |