AutoPatcher Legend & Commandline argum...
Antonis
02 Jul 2007
This thread will contain information which applies to all AutoPatcher releases.
Note, this information has been updated for AutoPatcher version 5.6 as of May 2007.
Command Line Arguments (a.k.a. Switches)
You may use the following command line arguments (a.k.a. switches) to control AutoPatcher's behavior.
Shortcuts
Exit codes
Kind regards,
Antonis Kaladis
AutoPatcher Project Manager
www.autopatcher.com
Note, this information has been updated for AutoPatcher version 5.6 as of May 2007.
Command Line Arguments (a.k.a. Switches)
You may use the following command line arguments (a.k.a. switches) to control AutoPatcher's behavior.
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nolicense
Skips both the AutoPatcher and Microsoft licenses
nocrashhandler
Disables the crash handler
log
Enables active file logging (to <windows>\autopatcher.log)
devmode
Allows you to ignore errors (in crash handler)
noreboot
Skips the reboot sequence (Not implemented yet fully)
nodetection
Skip file and registry detection on modules. Everything will be as if it's not installed, even if it is!
english
Overrides the user interface language (normally adapts to regional settings) and switches it to default, english.
answerfile:<filepath>
Specifies an answer file to load. This overrides the Answer File screen (where AutoPatcher would normally detect answer files in its folder and ask you whether it should load any of them)
unattend
Activates unattended installation (implies nolicense). This also skip the answer-file screen, so the only way of specifying an answer file is through the answerfile switch.
minimal
Only used along with unattend. This will run AutoPatcher with a minimal UI.
Skips both the AutoPatcher and Microsoft licenses
nocrashhandler
Disables the crash handler
log
Enables active file logging (to <windows>\autopatcher.log)
devmode
Allows you to ignore errors (in crash handler)
noreboot
Skips the reboot sequence (Not implemented yet fully)
nodetection
Skip file and registry detection on modules. Everything will be as if it's not installed, even if it is!
english
Overrides the user interface language (normally adapts to regional settings) and switches it to default, english.
answerfile:<filepath>
Specifies an answer file to load. This overrides the Answer File screen (where AutoPatcher would normally detect answer files in its folder and ask you whether it should load any of them)
unattend
Activates unattended installation (implies nolicense). This also skip the answer-file screen, so the only way of specifying an answer file is through the answerfile switch.
minimal
Only used along with unattend. This will run AutoPatcher with a minimal UI.
Shortcuts
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Ctrl + A Select all
Ctrl + D Deselect all
Ctrl + N Select none (same as above)
Ctrl + L Load selection from answer file
Ctrl + S Save selection to answer file
Ctrl + R Restore defaults
Ctrl + D Deselect all
Ctrl + N Select none (same as above)
Ctrl + L Load selection from answer file
Ctrl + S Save selection to answer file
Ctrl + R Restore defaults
Exit codes
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-1 Crashed (!)
1 User exit
2 User exit, avoiding reboot
5 Installation finished, reboot not required
10 Installation finished, reboot required, but supressed via commandline
1 User exit
2 User exit, avoiding reboot
5 Installation finished, reboot not required
10 Installation finished, reboot required, but supressed via commandline
Kind regards,
Antonis Kaladis
AutoPatcher Project Manager
www.autopatcher.com
Guest_JustRob_* 18 Oct 2008
Switches - implies "/" as prefix to parameters above. It isn't mentioned above, so I thought I'd mention it to avoid confusion.
I.e., run "cmd", then go to your apup directory, and if you want to enable logging, you type:
apup /log
I.e., run "cmd", then go to your apup directory, and if you want to enable logging, you type:
apup /log
icnocop
24 Dec 2008
Here is an updated command line arguments list for autopatcher.exe v5.6.0.81
Commandline arguments /neverselectinstalled never selects an installed item unless clicked explicitly /dumpdetection reports system information and exits /verbose provides additional log information /nocrashhandler disables the crash handler /log reports system information and problematic modules. /unattend makes the process completely automated /minimal used with /unattend, only shows minimal information /noreboot disables the reboot completely, even if a module requires it /nolicense hides the license screens /answerfile:<path> uses an answer-file instead of defaults /devmode enables the ignore button on the crash handler /noexitcodes disables the exit codes /english forces english translation /slipstream:<path> runs autopatcher in slipstream mode /qmup runs autopatcher in QMUP mode /nodetection autopatcher will not check if items are already installed /recommended treats recommended items as critical /help shows this box
