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 |