Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Administrator Guide - Nuance

Dragon 12 Administrator Guide
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5. Open a command line window by selecting Start > Run and entering cmd.
6. On your product DVD, locate the compiled .msi file for the edition of Dragon you want to
install and switch to that directory.
7. Retrieve the customized nsdefaults.ini and roamingdef.ini files from the computer where carried
out the initial installation.
8. To install Dragon, enter the following command line, using the /i option also using the /qn
option to install the product in Quiet mode, where no GUI appears. You also pass the Dragon
serial number for the SERIALNUMBER option, the full path to the nsdefaults.ini file for the
DEFAULTSINI option, and the full path to the roamindef.ini file for the ROAMINGUSERINI
option:
msiexec /i "Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12.msi"
SERIALNUMBER=#####-###-####-####-##
DEFAULTSINI="C:\\nsdefaults.ini"
ROAMINGUSERINI="C:\\roamingdef.ini"
/L*v "C:\Logs\logfile.log" /qn
Notes:
n For an administrative installation, you pass the /a option to msiexec rather than the /i option.
You also need to pass the TARGETDIR option instead of the INSTALLDIR option.
n The first time you test this installation, you should pass /q rather than /qn so that if you have
neglected to provide information about a setting that does not have a default, you receive a
prompt asking for that information.
The bolded portion of the preceding command line is included so that if something goes wrong
during the installation, you receive messages about it. You pass /L and a series of sub-options to
have the installation process log errors and other types of messages related to the process. (You
can then send the log file to Nuance Technical Support should any issues arise.)
Here are other optional actions you can take on the command line that link you to further instructions,
below: