Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Administrator Guide - Nuance

Chapter 5: Installing Dragon using the Windows installer (MSI)
Installation using the Dragon
command line
When you install Dragon NaturallySpeaking , Dragon installs using the primary language for the
product. You cannot install Dragon using a language that is different than the primary language.
For example, when you install Dragon , English version, Dragon installs using the English language.
If you attempt to use the /l option with setup.exe to install Dragon NaturallySpeaking using a
non-primary language, the installation process uses the primary language for that edition of Dragon
and ignores the /l option.
Perform the following steps to use the Dragon command line:
1. Open a command line window (Start > Run and enter cmd).
2. Insert the product DVD in the DVD drive, search the DVD for the path where the Dragon
setup.exe is located, and switch directories to the path on the product DVD where the Dragon
setup.exe is located.
3. Enter the following command line to install Dragon on this initial computer (ignore any errors
you receive regarding the serial number, as it is not required for this in initial installation, unless
you plan to dictate later):
setup.exe /s /v"INSTALLDIR=c:\Dragon12 /L*v C:\Logs\logfile.log /qn"
The /s option sets the silent option for every .exe that setup.exe provides a wrapper for - so that
no GUI pops up.When you perform a silent installation of Dragon, the installation process does
not display any messages. To view installation messages, administrators should view the setup log.
By contrast the /qn inside the quotation marks after /v sets the silent option for the Dragon installation.
The /v option introduces any series of msiexec.exe options you want to pass to the Windows
installer, all enclosed in quotation marks after the /v, with no space allowed between the /v and
the opening quotation mark. Among the options inside the quotation marks are:
n INSTALLDIR — Indicates the full path to where you want Dragon installed
n /L*v — (either upper or lowercase) Indicates the log file where messages about the installation
should be written
n /qn — (Quiet mode—also called Silent mode—no GUI) Turns off the Dragon GUI
Caution: The first time you test any installation, you should not run it in Silent mode, because if
you have neglected to provide information about a setting that does not have a default, you
receive a GUI prompt for that information. You should initially pass the /L*v option because it
runs the entire installation GUI. When the Welcome dialog appears, you can stop and look into
the log file., where you can search for Command line to verify that all command line parameters
are being incorporated. The line you find will have this format:
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