Installer Options (via CMD / Command Line)
The Connectify installer supports several command-line arguments. Run them from a Command Prompt opened as administrator: the installer needs admin access.
Usage:
ConnectifyInstaller.exe [/NONINTERACTIVE] [/EXPRESS=1] [/NOLIC=1] [/SLIDES=0] [/LANG=<language>] [/CONFIG=<config.dir>] [/LICENSE_EMAIL=<email>] [/LICENSE_PASSWORD=<password>] [/LICENSE_KEY=<key>] [/NOUI] [/NOSHORTCUTDESKTOP] [/NOSHORTCUTSTARTMENU] [/FORCEREBOOT] [/ACCEPTPOLICY]
Connectify Hotspot always installs to C:\Program Files (x86)\Connectify. If you pass /D=<folder>, the installer ignores it and says so in its log (%TEMP%\ConnectifyUnicodeInstall.txt).
Options:
/NONINTERACTIVE
Indicates that the Connectify installer should run with no user interaction, whatsoever. Note that visible windows will still appear throughout the install process, however, they will not require any interaction from the user on a normal install. If something goes wrong, an error message can still appear and wait for a click. It skips the license agreement and the check for conflicting software. By using this option you are agreeing to accept our privacy policy. This is the option to use for unattended installs.
Note that NONINTERACTIVE will not do the final reboot if it is required, nor start the user interface at the end of the install. If a reboot is needed, the installer exits with code 3010; you must reboot before using Connectify Hotspot. If you use /FORCEREBOOT along with NONINTERACTIVE, the installer always reboots at the end of a successful install, whether or not a reboot was needed.
/EXPRESS=1
Installs without waiting for the user to accept the license agreement, and shows the install slideshow. It must be written /EXPRESS=1: /EXPRESS on its own does nothing. It skips only the license page: on a PC that hasn't accepted our privacy policy before, the privacy policy page still waits for a click unless you also add /ACCEPTPOLICY. See NONINTERACTIVE above for even fewer interaction options.
/NOLIC=1
Skips the license agreement page. Like EXPRESS, it must be written /NOLIC=1, and the privacy policy page still appears unless you also add /ACCEPTPOLICY.
/SLIDES=0
Doesn't show the install slideshow. It has no effect if you also use /EXPRESS=1.
/LANG
Sets the installer's language. Valid values are en, ar, de, es, fr, pt, ro, ru, tr and zh. For example: /LANG=de
/CONFIG
Name of a directory with Connectify configuration files. These files are installed in c:\ProgramData\Connectify\settings
The main reason to use this would be to configure one machine with all the options that you want on all of your machines. Then copy the correct .xml files from the settings into a directory that is available to the installers on the other machines.
Note that if there are spaces in your path, you need to quote the whole argument including the /CONFIG. For example
ConnectifyInstaller.exe "/CONFIG=c:\path with spaces\config\"
In most cases, the only files which make sense to have in the config directory are the username.ui.xml, and daemon.xml. Backup files should not be copied. This cannot be used to move a license from one machine to another. Use LICENSE_EMAIL and LICENSE_PASSWORD to pass login information in.
/LICENSE_EMAIL
Passes in the email address of the Connectify account whose license is being used.
/LICENSE_PASSWORD
Passes in the password for the Connectify account that is specified by the LICENSE_EMAIL argument. A password that contains a space, &, +, % or # won't activate from the command line; activate in the app instead.
/LICENSE_KEY
Passes in a license key. The installer activates Connectify Hotspot at the end of the install when it gets one of these combinations:
- LICENSE_EMAIL, LICENSE_PASSWORD and LICENSE_KEY
- LICENSE_EMAIL and LICENSE_PASSWORD
- LICENSE_EMAIL and LICENSE_KEY
/NOUI
Indicates that the installer should set Connectify's user interface to not run. This both makes the installer not launch the user interface when complete, and also makes the installer not register the user interface to start on user login.
/NOSHORTCUTDESKTOP
Doesn't create the desktop shortcut.
/NOSHORTCUTSTARTMENU
Doesn't create the Connectify Hotspot 27 folder in the Start menu. That folder normally holds Connectify Hotspot 27,Generate Log File, Clear Settings and Startup Settings.
/FORCEREBOOT
If a reboot is required at the end of the install, the installer will immediately reboot without any warning or interaction from the user. If the install fails and needs a reboot to recover, it also reboots without asking. With NONINTERACTIVE it always reboots (see above).
/ACCEPTPOLICY
Accepts the privacy policy.
/S is not a silent install
The installer does not have a normal silent mode, and with /S it never installs Connectify Hotspot. Run as administrator, it copies itself to a temporary folder, registers itself to run when you sign in to Windows and opens a page on our website; run without admin rights, it simply exits. For an unattended install, use /NONINTERACTIVE instead.
The uninstaller can't be run silently either: Uninstall.exe /S exits without uninstalling.