Installing and Customizing ActivClient Setup Using Command Line or PowerShell

Installing ActivClient via the command line or PowerShell enables automation of the installation process and provides more extensive customization options than the interactive Installation Wizard.

Note: In all command line examples provided in the following sections:
  • <path> refers to the ActivClient setup MSI file path.

  • <ActivClient_setup> refers to the ActivClient setup MSI file name.

    ExampleClosedFor version 9.5.0, the setup file name is ActivClient-9.5.0.msi.

  • <FeatureName> refers to the name of the respective ActivClient feature to include in or exclude from the setup. For a list of features and their names, see Components and Sub-Components.

  • Quotation marks in the commands are required if the path or file name contains spaces. They are optional otherwise but recommended for consistency.

Tip! To start the ActivClient setup program in silent mode, i.e., as default features installation without any user interface displayed, see Running a Blind Setup (Silent Installation).

To install ActivClient using the Microsoft Installer (MSI) with the default configuration, run the following command:

Copy 
msiexec.exe  /i "<path>\<ActivClient_setup>"

This performs the same default installation as when double-clicking the setup file and selecting the Typical option in the Installation Wizard.

To exclude one or several features from the setup program, use the following command:

Copy 
msiexec /i "<path>\<ActivClient_setup>" AddLocal=ALL Remove=<FeatureName1>,<FeatureName2>

For a list of features and their names, see Components and Sub-Components.

To install all the features, excluding the PKCS#11 Support, use the following command:

Copy 
msiexec /i "<path>\<ActivClient_setup>" AddLocal=ALL Remove=PKCS

To force installation of one or several features from the setup program, use the following command:

Copy 
msiexec.exe /i "<path>\<ActivClient_setup>" AddLocal=<FeatureName1>,<FeatureName2>

When installing ActivClient with this command, you need to list all the features that you want to install.

For a list of features and their names, see Components and Sub-Components.

Tip! You can use AddLocal=ALL if you want to install all the ActivClient features.

To install the MiniDriver and PKCS features, use the following command:

Copy 
msiexec.exe /i "<path>\<ActivClient_setup>" AddLocal=MiniDriver,PKCS

To remove one or several features from an existing installation, use the following command:

Copy 
msiexec /i "<path>\<ActivClient_setup>" Remove=<FeatureName1>,<FeatureName2>

For a list of features and their names, see Components and Sub-Components.

 

To remove the ActivClient Console feature, use the following command:

Copy 
msiexec.exe /i "<path>\<ActivClient_setup>" Remove=UserConsole

When modifying an existing installation, you can use AddLocal to add only the features that you want to install.

To add one or several features to an existing installation, use the following command:

Copy 
msiexec.exe /i "<path>\<ActivClient_setup>" AddLocal=<FeatureName1>,<FeatureName2>

For a list of features and their names, see Components and Sub-Components.

To add the ActivClient Console and PKCS features, use the following command:

Copy 
msiexec.exe /i "<path>\<ActivClient_setup>" AddLocal=UserConsole,PKCS