Command Line installation of Desktop Client

Command Line installation of Desktop Client

Note:
All commands should be run on a Windows command prompt in Administrator mode or using admin credentials from a RMM Tool 
Please contact Anchor support to get your Organization ID/Name.

Anchor installer package contains 2 executables. DAtAnchorInstallerApp.exe and DAtAnchorSetup_v3.0.0.exe. Please use DAtAnchorSetup_v3.0.0.exe for command line installations.

Command 1: Base command

DAtAnchorSetup_v3.0.0.exe --install --org-id <organization id/name>

User Experience during the install procedure:
  1. During Installation:
    1. No user confirmation to start the installation
    2. No UI
    3. No command prompt
  2. After Installation:
    1. A message box asking the user to reboot

Command 2: Base command with --silent parameter

DAtAnchorSetup_v3.0.0.exe --install --org-id <organization id/name> --silent

User Experience during the install procedure:
  1. During Installation:
    1. No user confirmation to start the installation
    2. No UI
    3. No command prompt
  2. After Installation:
    1. No message box asking the user to reboot
Command 3: Base command with --silent --reboot-prompt parameters

DAtAnchorSetup_v3.0.0.exe --install --org-id <organization id/name> --silent --reboot-prompt

User Experience during the install procedure:
  1. During Installation:
    1. No user confirmation to start the installation
    2. No UI
    3. No command prompt
  2. After Installation:
    1. A Message box will appear asking the user to reboot


Commands to enable/disable certain Anchor features:

The following command line parameters can be used in conjunction with the above commands to enable or disable certain Anchor features.
Note: --silent parameter can also be used with any of the commands below

Command 1: Base command with --disable-NWShares parameter

DAtAnchorSetup_v3.0.0.exe --install --org-id <organization id/name> --silent --disable-NWShares

This command will disable ability to perform Anchor and unAnchor operations on Network Share folders. This command should only be used if you are using Distributed File Systems (DFS) namespaces in Windows Servers.

User Experience during the install procedure:
  1. During Installation:
    1. No UI
    2. No command prompt
  2. After Installation:
    1. No message box asking the user to reboot


Command 2: Base command with --skip-os-check parameter

DAtAnchorSetup_v3.0.0.exe --install --org-id <organization id/name> --silent --skip-os-check

This command skips OS version check. Anchor agent performs a OS check to verify if the installation is taking place on a Windows 10 and 11 PC. If not, then installation fails with a error message. Anchor agent will only work on Windows 10 and 11 currently. For example, if you try to install it on Windows Server it will fail. You can skip the check with this command.

User Experience during the install procedure:
  1. During Installation:
    1. No UI
    2. No command prompt
  2. After Installation:
    1. No message box asking the user to reboot



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