Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Administrator Guide - Nuance

Dragon 12 Administrator Guide
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Using setup.exe for Upgrades
Note: A Minor upgrade involves upgrading to a higher point release within the same edition and
version of Dragon. For example, upgrading from Dragon 11.0 to Dragon 11.x.
You can only upgrade from Dragon 10.x or greater to Dragon 12. Upgrading from Dragon 9.x or
earlier to Dragon 12 is not supported
Although the upgrade does not migrate forward the configuration and Roaming User Profile settings
from the earlier version, you can reuse the nsdefaults.ini and roamingdef.ini files you used to
install Dragon NaturallySpeaking . You can also create new .ini files or update existing ones.
When you run setup.exe with a GUI to install a minor upgrade, setup.exe can detect when a previous
version of Dragon exists on a target computer. Once it detects a previous version, setup.exe
runs the rest of your installation in minor upgrade mode, automatically overwriting older files with
newer files and adding any missing files. .
Using setup.exe for Silent Upgrades
If you are upgrading a previous version of Dragon, you must use the REINSTALL=ALL option
and REINSTALLMODE set to the sub-options that indicate which files to reinstall, usually
REINSTALLMODE=vamus. If you did not originally install in the default location, the
INSTALLDIR option is also required. Here is the command line using setup.exe:
To upgrade silently with setup.exe, you pass the /s option, then pass REINSTALL or REIN-
STALLMODE options. 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.
setup.exe /s /v"/i "Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12.msi"
SERIALNUMBER=#####-###-####-####-##
REBOOT=ReallySuppress
INSTALLDIR=\"C:\\\Dragon12\"
DEFAULTSINI=\"C:\\nsdefaults.ini\"
ROAMINGUSERINI=\"C:\\roamingdef.ini\"
REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vamus
/L*v C:\logfile.log /qn"
When you perform a silent installation or upgrade of Dragon, the installation process does not display
any messages. To view installation messages, administrators should view the log files. See
Troubleshooting silent install errors for details.